RFID Technology

• ISO Standards

Some standards that have been made regarding RFID technology include:

• 11784 & 11785 - These standards regulate the Radio frequency identification of animals in regards to Code Structure and Technical concept
• ISO 14223/1 - Radio frequency identification of Animals, advanced transponders - Air interface
• ISO 14443 - Known as Mifare tags (HF)
• ISO 15693 - Known as iCode tags (HF)
• ISO 18000 - For UHF tags

EPC Global & Gen2

The Electronic Product Code, (EPC), is a family of coding schemes for Gen 2 RFID tags. It is designed to meet the needs of various industries, whilst guaranteeing uniqueness for all EPC-compliant tags. The EPC accommodates existing coding schemes and defines new schemes where necessary.

The Electronic Product Code promises to become the standard for global RFID usage, and a core element of the proposed EPCglobal network.

EPCglobal (operated by GS1) is working on international standards for the use of RFIDs and the EPC in the identification of any item in the supply chain for companies worldwide. The EPCglobal gen 2 standard was approved in December 2004, and is likely to form the backbone of RFID tag standards in the future. EPC Gen2 is short for EPCglobal UHF Generation 2. EPC standardisation is headed to become adopted by ISO, e.g. in accordance with complementary standardisation based on the ISO standard 18000-6.