A MAC scheduling algorithm of the RFID reader system using multiple receiving antennas

Author

Kim, Jihyung ; Nam, Sung Sik ; Cho, Sung Ho

Author_Institution

Div. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2010

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

454

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a Medium Access Control (MAC) scheduling algorithm to efficiently recognize multiple tags in 900MHz Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, when using multiple receiving antennas. According to the timing of received signal of each antenna, the standard of signal priority is changed to the entering order of the received each signal or the higher value of the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). Using additional processing in MAC layer with multiple receiving antennas, it can accelerate the recognition speed of tags comparing with by using current standard based on single antenna. It is possible to free reader to tag interference comparing with by using multiple readers. It is also possible to be compatible with current standard.

Keywords

access protocols; radiofrequency identification; receiving antennas; MAC scheduling algorithm; RFID reader system; medium access control; multiple receiving antennas; recognition speed; Algorithm design and analysis; Protocols; Radiofrequency identification; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Timing; MAC scheduling; RFID; SIMO; SNR; anti-collision; link timing; multiple receiving antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Infrastructure and Digital Content, 2010 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6851-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNIDC.2010.5657810

Filename

5657810