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Index
Title
Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Who This Book Is For
You Don’t Need a Slide Rule and Pocket Protector to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Part I : Now That You Can Spell RFID, Here’s the Rest of the Story
Chapter 1: Taking the Mystery out of RFID
What Is RFID?
Sizing Up the Benefits of RFID
Mandates, Womendates, Blind Dates — Forcing Efficiency
Calling All Physicists! Calling All Physicists!
Finding Success with Four Ps in a Pod
A Ride in the Time Machine
Chapter 2: Auto-ID Technologies: Why RFID Is King of the Hill
Planning an Auto-ID Strategy for the Times
To EPC or Not to Be: Unraveling the Words, Words, Words of the Electronic Product Code
Addressing Privacy Concerns
Chapter 3: Making Basic Decisions about Your RFID System
Midas Touch Points: Where RFID Impacts Your Organization
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
Speed, Accuracy, or Distance — Pick Two
Now What about the Tags and Objects?
Part II : Ride the Electromagnetic Wave: The Physics of RFID
Chapter 4: What Makes Up an RFID Network
Elements of a Basic RFID System
Time to Make Some Waves — Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 5: Understanding How Technology Becomes a Working System
Anatomy of a Passive Tag: Understanding How It Works and Choosing the Right One
Tracking the Tags with a Reader
Air in Her Face — Blowing Sweet Nothings
Chapter 6: Seeing Different RFID Systems at Work
Setting Up RFID Interrogation Zones
From Ski Resorts to Airlines: Applying RFID in the Real World
Part III : Fitting an RFID Application into Your World
Chapter 7: Seeing the Invisible: The Site Assessment
Planning for Your Site Assessment
Measuring for AEN during Normal Operations (And Beyond)
Testing to Plan Your RFID Installation
Chapter 8: Testing One, Two, Three: Developing Your Own Lab
To Lab or Not to Lab
Beyond a Swanky White Lab Coat: The Tools You Need for Successful Testing
Setting Up Your Lab
Chapter 9: Tag, You’re It: Testing for Best Tag Design and Placement
Ready, Set, Test!
Looking at the Material Composition of the Items You’re Tagging
Choosing a Tag to Test
Testing Tags in an Applications Test Facility
Frequency Response Characterization: Testing Tags with Physics
Encoding and Applying Tags
The Secrets of Read Success
Chapter 10: Hooked on Phonics: Reader Testing, Selection, and Installation
Choosing a Hand-held, Mobile, or Fixed-location Reader
Reading between the Lines: Critical Buying Criteria
Installing a Reader and Antennas
Chapter 11: Middle Where? It’s Not Just about the Readers
Filter, Smooth, Route: Understanding What You Need Middleware to Do
Exploring Middleware Vendors and Their Offerings
Piecing Together a Middleware Architecture
Getting the Most from Your RFID Middleware
Part IV : Raising the Beams for Your Network
Chapter 12: From Pilot to Admiral: Deploying RFID Successfully
Creating a Pilot Project Plan
Factors for a Successful Pilot Test
Moving from Pilot to Production
Chapter 13: Getting Set to Administer and Maintain Your System
Configuring and Setting Up Tag Readers
Getting the Digits
Applying Tags to Objects
Sending Objects through Your Business
School’s in Session — Training Your Staff
Chapter 14: Ping-pong, the Tags Are Gone: How to Monitor Your RFID Network
Why Monitor an RFID Station?
Setting Up Two Types of Monitoring
Checking That a Reader Is Active
Measuring and Interpreting System Behavior
Part V : How to Speak Bean Counter
Chapter 15: Making the Business Case
Finding the First-Round Draft Picks for Your RFID Team
A Game Plan Is More Than Xs and Os — Use a Proven Methodology
Chapter 16: Fitting RFID into Strategic Plans
Just in Time to Justify: Overcoming Skepticism with Strategic Thinking
Calculating ROI — A Tactical Approach to RFID
Tag and You’re It: RFID as a Competitive Strategy
Chapter 17: What to Look for When Considering Outsourcing
Why Outsource Your RFID Network?
Identifying and Avoiding the Risks
Is Outsourcing Right for You?
Finding the Perfect Match
Sealing the Deal with an SLA
Part VI : The Part of Tens
Chapter 18: Ten (Or So) Equipment Vendors
Alien Technology
ACCU-SORT
Applied Wireless Identifications (AWID)
FOX IV Technologies
Impinj
Intermec Technologies
MARKEM
Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Formerly Matrics)
ODIN technologies
OMRON electronics
SAMSys Technologies
Texas Instruments (TI)
ThingMagic
Chapter 19: Ten Web Sites for Information on RFID
RFID Journal Online
EPCglobal
IDTechEx
RFID Solutions Online
RFID Exchange
RFID Update
Auto-ID Labs
Auto-ID Lab @ Adelaide
The RFID Gazette
UCLA’s RFID@WINMEC site
Slashdot
Chapter 20: Ten Tips from the Experts
Chris Fennig, ODIN technologies
Joe White, Symbol Technologies (Formerly Matrics, Inc.)
Duncan McCollum, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Dr. Daniel Engels, MIT Auto-ID Labs
Dr. Patrick King, Michelin Tire Corporation
Steve Kowalke, ACCU-SORT Systems
Team Tag-IT, Texas Instruments
Kevin MacDonald, Lead RFID Architect, Sun Microsystems
Mark Nelson, Savi Technology
Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) RFID Standards and Protocols
EAN.UCC
EPCglobal
UCCnet
ISO/IEC JT1/SC17
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31/WG4
AIAG
Container Shipments
Appendix: Glossary of Electrical, Magnetic, and Other Scientific Terms
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