Analysis of design requirements for electronic tags from a business viewpoint

The significance, which businesses and governments have placed on the RFID and NFC technologies in electronic article surveillance, the cashless payment systems from credit cards and public transportation tickets to the consumer devices, healthcare, and e-government, involves reviewing requirements for the electronic tags. This paper defines the electronic tag life cycle that follows the product life cycle, considers representative business processes and interacting business entities, classifies the electronic tag usage methods, identifies the electronic tag risks, and summarizes the design requirements for the electronic tags from a business viewpoint to be considered by the RFID and NFC developers.