Title :
Modelling of radiation field of patch antenna for use in long range RFID crowd monitoring
Author :
Weaver, James ; Dawood, Farhan ; AlKhalidi, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Yanbu, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
A passive RFID system is employed to monitor large crowds in an open environment. Optimal positioning of the transmit/receive antenna in terms of height and angle is presented here. The model uses a geometrical approach along with a modified Friis transmission equation used in radar.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; radiofrequency identification; radiotelemetry; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; UHF RFID; geometrical approach; long range RFID crowd monitoring; modified Friis transmission equation; passive RFID system; patch antenna; radar; radiation field modelling; transmit-receive antenna optimal positioning; Antenna radiation patterns; Face; Mathematical model; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Transmitting antennas; Crowd Monitoring; Geometric Modelling; UHF RFID;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Applications Technology (ICCAT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5284-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAT.2013.6522018
