A Site-Specific Stochastic Propagation Model for Passive UHF RFID

Author

Dimitriou, Antonis G. ; Siachalou, Stavroula ; Bletsas, Aggelos ; Sahalos, John N.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Volume

13

fYear

2014

fDate

2014

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

626

Abstract

This letter proposes a computationally inexpensive, site-specific propagation model, useful in coverage evaluation of radio frequency identification (RFID) networks with passive tags. The parameters of a Rice distribution for each point in the volume of interest are computed using site-specific approximations that address overall space geometry, materials, and polarization. The probability of successful identification of passive RFID tags is calculated. Coverage statistics and performance evaluation of complex RFID networks can be quickly conducted. Experimental results at the UHF regime corroborate the accuracy of the model.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; radiofrequency identification; stochastic processes; Rice distribution; coverage statistics; passive UHF RFID; passive tags; polarization; radio frequency identification networks; site-specific stochastic propagation model; space geometry; Antennas; Computational modeling; Estimation; Passive RFID tags; Vectors; Radio frequency identification; Rician channels; UHF propagation; ray tracing; stochastic processes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2014.2313350

Filename

6777527