Mobile RFID explained

Mobile RFID (M-RFID) are services that provide information on objects equipped with an RFID tag over a telecommunication network.^[1] The reader or interrogator can be installed in a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA.^[2]

Unlike ordinary fixed RFID, mobile RFID readers are mobile, and the tags fixed, instead of the other way around. The advantages of M-RFID over RFID include the absence of wires to fixed readers and the ability of a small number of mobile readers can cover a large area, instead of dozens of fixed readers.^[3]

The main focus is on supporting supply chain management. But this application has also found its way in m-commerce. The customer in the supermarket can scan the Electronic Product Code from the tag and connects via the internet to get more information.

ISO/IEC 29143 "Information technology — Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technique — Air Interface specification for Mobile RFID interrogator"^[4] is the first standard to be developed for Mobile RFID.

See also

• MIIM
• RFID
• RTLS
• ISO

Notes and References

1. C. Seidler. RFID Opportunities for mobile telecommunication services, ITU-T Lighthouse Technical Paper. May 2005. http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/techwatch/rfid.pdf.
2. Web site: An overview of Mobile RFID Network . Research Gate.
3. S.M. Birari, S. Iyer. Mitigating the reader collision problem in RFID networks with mobile readers. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Networks, 2005.
4. http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=45166 ISO/IEC 29143 "Information technology — Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technique