CAENRFID

RFID: What and Why

GDG Firenze

June 2014

Stefano Coluccini

CMO

s.coluccini@caen.it

Storia dell’RFID

o La tecnologia RFID è stata utilizzata per la prima volta dalla RAF durante la prima guerra mondiale per scopi di IFF (Identification Friend or Foe)

o Anni 70 – Identificazione di materiale in aree radioattive

o 1977 – I laboratori Los Alamos rendono la tecnologia di pubblico dominio

o Anni 80 – I primi tag passivi e le prime applicazioni in ambito commerciale

o 2000 – I primi standard e l’interesse delle grandi aziende

What is RFID

Reader Antenna Tag Host PC

Principi di funzionamento

• Il reader trasmette e riceve simultanemente

• Il tag prende l’energia dalla trasmissione del reader

• Il tag modula la sua impedenza di antenna che cambia la potenza di backscatter

Principi di funzionamento

• Trasmissione dati in backscattering

• Modulazione di ampiezza

The Great Seal Bug

• Regalato nel 1946 da una scolaresca sovietica all’ambasciatore USA

• Scoperto solo nel 1952

• Tra i primi esempi di tecnologia backscatter

• Attivazione attraverso un campo a radiofrequenza esterno, quasi impossibile da rilevare

• Principio di funzionamento molto simile alla moderna tecnologia UHF RFID

Classificazione Bande di Frequenza

Super Low Frequency

Very Low Frequency

Low Frequency

Medium Frequency

High Frequency

Very High Frequency

Ultra High Frequency

UHF

3 Hz – 3 kHz 3-30 kHz 30-300 kHz 300kHz -3MHz 3-30 MHz 30-300 MHz 300MHz-3GHz

time

RFID: 900 MHz

Preference GS1/

EPCglobal

LF/HF vs. UHF

• Accoppiamento magnetico

• Freq. op. 130 kHz - 13.56 Mhz

• Distanza di lettura < 1 mt.

• Velocità di lettura limitata

• Forte influenza dei metalli

• Accoppiamento elettromagnetico

• Freq. operativa 860 - 960 MHz

• Distanza di lettura > 3 mt.

• Alta velocità di lettura

• Moderata influenza dei metalli

RFID: LF … HF … UHF

LF HF UHF

ISO 18000-6A, 6B

EPC 1,19; C1G1; C1G2

EM 4222; EM4223

ETSI EN 300 220

ETSI EN 302 208

Parte Radio Protocolli di comunicazione

Standard RFID UHF

06/06/2014 CAEN Confidential 11

RFID Standardization Bodies - I

• ETSI – European Telecommunication Standards Institute. Its role is to harmonize the usage of frequencies in Europe

ISO – International Organization for Standardization. Its role is to define protocols and interfacing modes according to harmonized frequencies (in Europe: ETSI)

International Telecommunication Union - Organization within the United Nations System where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services

06/06/2014 CAEN Confidential 12

RFID Standardization Bodies - II

• EPC Global. A Private company that holds the Intellectual Properties of the EPC project. Born in 2003 as a joint venture between EAN (European Article Numbering) and UCC (Uniform Code Council)

Auto-ID Center. An M.I.T. Boston research group that created the EPC project (Electronic Product Code)

GS1 (EAN-International - European Article Numbering). Industrial Association in charge of assigning identification numbers to products and companies worldwide

06/06/2014 CAEN Confidential 13

Communication Protocols

Two main standards for the Long Range RFID system (UHF) Air interface communication (ReaderTAG and TAGReader )

ISO 18000 ISO 18000 - 3 at 13.56 MHz

ISO 18000 - 6 at 860-930 MHz

Different air interface standards based upon the Auto-ID Center's Electronic Product Code (EPC) referred to 13,56 MHz

e 860-930 MHz frequencies.

In Jan 2005 EPCglobal issues a new revision to overcome this standards non-uniformity. The second-generation EPC air interface standard is formerly known as Class 1 Generation 2 C1G2 and recently merged into ISO 18000-6C

The ISO 18000 series

Standard Code Description

ISO 15961 RFID for Item Management: Host Interrogator; Tag functional commands and other syntax features

ISO 15962 RFID for Item Management: Data Syntax

ISO 15963 Unique Identification of RF tag and registration authority to manage the uniqueness

ISO 18000 RFID for Item Management: Air Interface

-1 Generic parameters

-2 below 135 kHz

-3 at 13.56 MHz

-4 at 2.45 GHz

-5 at 5.8 GHz

-6 at UHF frequency band

ISO 18001 RFID for Item Management: Application Requirement Profiles

Standards di EPCglobal

Shared Service

Interactions

EPCglobal Core Services

and other

Shared Services

Com

pany

A

Exchange of Physical objects

with EPCs

Exchange of data about EPCs

1010101010101

Co

mp

an

y

B

EPC Electronic Product Code

The Auto-ID Center has proposed a new Electronic Product Code as the next standard for identifying products.

Header: EPC’s version number;

EPC Mgr: 28 bits = 268,435,456 Manufacturer of the product

Object Class: 24 bits = 16,777,216 Type of product,

Serial Number: 36 bits = 68,719,476,736 unique product identifier

Each manufacturer can have 16 million object classes and 68 billion serial numbers in each class

RFID Today

Long read range => new applications

Low cost of tags/label => item level

Globally accepted industry standards

Big companies interest

(DoD, WalMart, M&S, DHL …)

Dock Door Smart Shelf

Forklift Reader Mobile Reader Conveyor Portal

UHF RFID Installations

Which Markets

• Retail

• Supply chain logistic

• Transportation

• Waste management

• Industrial automation

• Cold chain logistic

• Access control

• ……

Omnichannel retail & RFID

RFID & Android: BYOD …

RFID & Android: … e oltre

Terminali industriali RFID: ieri e oggi

• Spin-off of CAEN spa

• The first Italian company providing UHF RFID products

• Key player in the EU RFID scenario

• Worldwide customers in manufacturing, logistics, transport, healthcare, fashion, retail…

• Totally in-house HW, SW & support skills

• Key partner in EU funded projects

• An “added value manufacturer”

Who we are

What we do

• UHF RFID Readers - easy2read®

• UHF RFID Loggers - easy2log®

• UHF RFID Custom Products

• UHF RFID HW Integration

Embedded

Fixed

Application Oriented

easy2read® product line

easy2log® product line

• Huge amount of samples (4000 or 8000)

• Long battery life

• High accuracy (0.1°C typical)

• Multiple configurable alarms

• Standard RFID interface

• Fast data download

• Friendly manual interface

• Remaining shelf life, ETA and MKT calculation

• R&D with 30 years of experience

• Continuous innovation of the products

• Dynamism

• Product customization

• Commercial and technical training

• Quick technical support during the customer integration process

• Wide product proposals

• Consultancy service on complementary products (UHF labels, special tags, UHF antennas)

• Partner network (Label/tag/Antenna manufacturers, SW houses, System Integrators)

Our Added Value

How we work

CAEN RFID HW solutions

Technical support

End Users System Integrators

HW Manufacturers

Solution Providers

Distributors

Our customers

• Handheld and printer manufacturers

• Industrial automation providers

• System integrators and solution providers

• Big companies with internal skilled IT dept.

• Distributors/Resellers

• End users only in cooperation with local partners

Key customers and partners

Handhelds/PDAs

Compact OEM readers inside (A528, R1230C)

WORKABOUT PRO

IKON

NEO

Compact OEM readers inside (A528, R1230C)

Handhelds/PDAs

Printers

Other devices

Logistics/Industrial Manufacturing

Kanban Process (ABB Drives) Roll cages tracking (Finnish Post)

Vehicle Access Control in Glass Manufacturing (Asahi Glass, Moustier)

Production Flow Management (Novaglass)

Logistics/Industrial Manufacturing

Warehouse Automation (Acciai Vender) Innovative tool for manufacturer

Shipping material and pallet management (Colcafè)

Production Flow Management (Malwee)

Transportation

Garbage Collection Monitoring (Aspropyrgos Municipality )

Waste Management

Urban Mobility Management (PisaMo, Mover)

Real Time Fleet Management (Settentrionale Trasporti)

Transportation

Train Monitoring (Circumvesuviana) • Vehicle Tracking System (Automotive Group)

Car Manufacturing plant (Sada Group) Bicycle parking area (Cernusco sul Naviglio)

Transportation

Truck Tracing at Motorway and Harbour gates (Samer Shipping)

TraceTracker Asset (Grunnarbeid)

Healthcare

ASSIST founded project

Pharmacy (Datelka) OPERA founded project

Fashion-Retail

• Books Tagging in a Bookstore (BGN Boekhandels )

• Point of sales (Larusmiani)

Customer experience (SAPAF) EAS - Electronic Article Surveillance

Fashion-Retail

Smart changing room, Inventory & EAS

Cold Chain

Pharmaceutical products (DHL)

Vegetables (SydGront)

Cold Chain

Pharmaceutical products Transportation (Medlog)

Vaccine Transportation (WINcat)

Chocolate storage & transportation Lindt & Sprüngli

FMCG/Leisure

People access control The Santa Claus Village

Faster, safer and more efficient supply chain (Parmacotto, Auchan)

Security and Productivity

Thanks for your attention… questions?

Stefano Coluccini

CMO

CAEN RFID srl

e-mail: s.coluccini@caenrfid.it

http://www.youtube.com/user/CAENRFID