Estimation of UHF RFID reading regions in real environments

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 44-57

  Marrocco, G ^a   Di Giampaolo, E ^a   Aliberti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Ray tracing; Read zone; Reader; RFID; Safety; Tag

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FREE SPACE; FREE SPACE PROPAGATION; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; RADIATION PATTERNS; READING RANGE; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; SAFETY REGULATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; UHF RFID; ULTRA-HIGH;

ANTENNAS; BENCHMARKING; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FREQUENCY BANDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77949787304     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5433096     Document Type: Article

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