Ranging of UHF RFID tag using stepped frequency read-out

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1535-1539

  Viikari, Ville ^a   Pursula, Pekka ^a   Jaakkola, Kaarle ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Radio frequency identification (RFID); tracking; transponders; wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FREQUENCIES; DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES; DISTANCE ESTIMATION; POWER SENSITIVITY; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; RF-ID TAGS; STEPPED FREQUENCY; THEORETICAL MODELS; THRESHOLD POWER; UHF RFID; WIRELESS SENSOR;

RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES; SENSORS; TRANSPONDERS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 77954873696     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2045497     Document Type: Article

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