An Introduction to RFID Technology
IEEE Pervasive Computing
A framework for fast RFID tag reading in static and mobile environments
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
rfid in pervasive computing: State-of-the-art and outlook
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Optimization of tag reading performance in generation-2 RFID protocol
Computer Communications
Short survey: Taxonomy and survey of RFID anti-collision protocols
Computer Communications
Performance analysis of RFID generation-2 protocol
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Optimal frame size analysis for framed slotted ALOHA based RFID networks
Computer Communications
Efficient tag identification in mobile RFID systems
INFOCOM'10 Proceedings of the 29th conference on Information communications
On the optimal frame-length configuration on real passive RFID systems
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
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In many practical RFID applications tags are attached to items that pass through the reader's field moving at a constant speed, following a fixed path. The time-constrained presence of the tags in the identification region introduce the possibility that tags exit the system without being identified (lost tags). Reliability is a practical requirement in most applications, which implies that the portion of lost tags should be kept below a very small threshold. Therefore, we take this fact as the starting point in the design process. We present a mathematical model for RFID systems implementing Frame Slotted Aloha as the collision resolution protocol. Upon this model it is possible to compute the tag loss ratio and therefore to obtain the optimal frame size in terms of reliability. While previous works generally use a Markovian approach, our model is based on dynamic systems theory, having a smaller computational cost which, in addition, is independent of the dimension of the system. Moreover, the proposed model allows us to identify the multiplicity of the equilibrium points in the system, an interesting and relevant property that has been overlooked in RFID systems so far. Finally, we present a design procedure based on our model that allows to configure the physical parameters of the system in order to adjust both the throughput and the reliability.