Library Herald
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue: 1

RFID technology: A performance differentiator

1Information Scientist, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur-440 033, Maharashtra.

2Librarian, Central India College of Business Management and Studies, Lonara, Nagpur-440 033, Maharashtra.

Online published on 16 April, 2014.

Abstract

RFID Technology is growing in all the areas and fields. It became popular because it increases efficiency and provides better services. This paper discusses how RFID technology works, its application areas, advantages in adopting the technology and the problems that one may face while implementing this technology. The paper also elaborates upon various types of RFID tags and the standards thereof. It gives comparative study of active tags and passive tags of RFID. The types of frequency band of RFID tags are also discussed.

Keywords

RFID, Application areas of RFID, RFID standards, Technical Problems