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A World of Smart Objects: The Role of Auto-Identification Technologies
12 August 2002
 
Paolo Magrassi   Tom Berg  

"Smart" objects will be protagonists of supply chains and people's lives after 2010. Radio frequency identification is playing a key role, along with the Internet, wireless networking and miniaturization.







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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 E-Tagging: A Primer

2.1
    
 Auto-Identification Technologies
2.2
    
 RFID and E-Tagging
2.3
    
 Technological Developments
2.4
    
 The Role of the Internet
3.0
    
 E-Tag Applications
4.0
    
 Supply Chain Management

4.1
    
 Security and Public Safety Applications
4.2
    
 Dispatching and Logistics
5.0
    
 Toward a Universal RFID Infrastructure? The Enablers

5.1
    
 From Car Manufacturing to Traffic Control
5.2
    
 From Bus Maintenance to Automatic Routing
5.3
    
 Intelligent Products
5.4
    
 A Universal Infrastructure
5.5
    
 The Auto-ID Center
6.0
    
 Obstacles On the Road Toward a Universal RFID Infrastructure

6.1
    
 The "Lowest Common Denominator" Problem
6.2
    
 More Rocks on the Road

6.2.1
    
 Business Process Re-engineering and Impact On Legacy Systems
6.2.2
    
 Cost of the Tags
6.2.3
    
 Cost of Deployment
6.2.4
    
 Limited Read Range of Passive Tags
6.2.5
    
 Technological Challenges
6.2.6
    
 System Integration
6.2.7
    
 Co-existence of Different E-Tags
6.2.8
    
 Cost Allocation and Revenue Sharing Mechanisms
6.2.9
    
 Compatibility With Established Numbering Systems
6.2.10
    
 Standardization
6.2.11
    
 Privacy of Information on E-Tags
6.2.12
    
 Additional Technical Challenges
6.2.13
    
 Manufacturing of E-Tags and Readers
6.2.14
    
 Internet Protocol Version 6
7.0
    
 Conclusion
Appendix A.
    
 Acronym Key


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Figure 1. 
 A Single Unifying E-Tagging Infrastructure
 



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