RFIDsense: A reconfigurable RFID sensor tag platform conforming to IEEE 1451.7 standard

Integrating sensors with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags would make RFID systems capable of obtaining environmental parameters. For such sensor tags, the IEEE 1451.7 standard presents a general sensor interface and extensive sensing configurations. This paper presents the hardware and software architecture of a reconfigurable UHF sensor tag platform, RFIDsense, and implements the IEEE 1451.7 protocol based on a Linux platform with a temperature sensor. Test results show that the system is functional and can conduct smart sensing.