Tag, you're it: Ranging and finding via RFID technology

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 36-46

  Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a   Ussmueller, Thomas ^b   Weigel, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; RFID READERS; RFID SYSTEMS; RFID TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS STANDARDS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

RETAIL STORES;

EID: 84880563287     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2013.2259392     Document Type: Article

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