RFID Technologies

Technology Map Contents

July 2008

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Tags
  • Frequency Ranges of RFID Systems
  • Read-Only versus Write/Read Tags
  • Low-Cost RFID Tags
  • Electronic Product Codes
  • Electronic Product Code Information Services
  • Standards
• Contactless Cards
• Readers
• System Infrastructure and Implementation
  • Systems Infrastructure
  • System Implementation
• System Testing
• Software and Services
• RFID Technology Markets

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

• Mainly External Signposts
  • Compelling Consumer Applications
  • Conflicts between Supply-Chain Partners
  • Consumer Acceptance
  • Data Management and Ownership
  • Legislative and Regulatory Issues
  • Liability Issues
  • Major Initiatives
• Mainly Industry Milestones
  • Combination with Other Technologies
  • Costs
  • Patents or Intellectual Property
  • Reliability and Accuracy
  • Software and Middleware Availability
  • Standards
  • Tag-Manufacturing Technologies
• Interdependent Dynamics
  • Data Filtering and Preprocessing
  • Data Security
  • Interference
  • Privacy
  • Return on Investment

Implications of Commercialization

• Decreasing Costs of RFID Technology
• Integration of Tags with Other Technologies
• Improved Reliability and Accuracy
• Development of an Adequate Infrastructure
• Applications of RFID
  • Consumer Applications
  • Defense and Security Applications
  • Manufacturing Applications
  • Health-Care and Medical Applications
• Ubiquitous RFID Technology

Opportunities

• General Opportunities
  • Manufacturing and Processing
  • Supply-Chain and Logistics Management
  • Monitoring, Tracking, and Asset Management
  • Security, Identification, and Authentication
  • Payment Systems
• Industry-Specific Opportunities
  • Health-Care and Pharmaceutical Applications
  • Medical Applications
  • Retail Applications
  • End-Consumer Applications
• RFID-Focused Opportunities
  • Machine-to-Machine Applications
  • Expanded RFID Technologies
  • Near-Field Communications

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