Anti-collision and transponder selection methods for grouped "vicinity" cards and RFID tags

IEE Colloquium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue 123, 1999, Pages 35-65

  Hawkes, Peter ^a  

^a BTG International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CARRIER SYSTEMS; RFID TAGS; TRANSPONDER SELECTION METHODS; VICINITY CARDS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SCANNING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSPONDERS;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 6344284871     PISSN: 09633308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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