Building a Smart University Using RFID Technology

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is getting popularity among identification technologies owing to its low cost, light weight, reduced size and inexpensive maintenance. Due to the recognition of RFID in the area of manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals and logistics, it is now in consideration for use in many different areas like ubiquitous computing, health care, agriculture, transport and security. Now a days security, power conservation and scalability are among the top issues that are in consideration for designing projects. In this paper, we contemplate the said issues and present how emerging technology of RFID can be used for building a smart university. Prototype is developed considering major use cases involved in a smart university. The system is taking care of maintaining attendance record, switching control of electrical items and security locks of rooms. Results show that consumption of energy and object tracking time is decreased while security of rooms and credibility of attendance record are increased.