Objects tracking in a dense reader environment utilising grids of RFID antenna positioning

International Journal of Electronics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1281-1307

  Reza, Ahmed Wasif ^a   Geok, Tan Kim ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Positioning; RF localisation; RFID; RFID reader antenna network; Tracking

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POSITIONING ERROR; DENSE-READER ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSION ALGORITHM; DISTANCE INFORMATION; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; HEXAGONAL GRID; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; LOCALISATION; OBJECTS TRACKING; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OVERALL COSTS; PATH LOSS MODELS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; POSITIONING ACCURACY; POSITIONING AND TRACKING; RADIO SIGNALS; READER ANTENNA; RF-ID TAGS; RFID ANTENNAE; RFID READER ANTENNAS; RFID READERS; SQUARE GRID; TAGGED OBJECT; TRACKING TECHNIQUES;

COST REDUCTION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77949522178     PISSN: 00207217     EISSN: 13623060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207210903089056     Document Type: Article

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