Research and Markets: New Report 'ZigBee: A New Frontier for Low Cost Active RFID Devices' Covers Alternatives Including: Z-Wave, Insteon, Bluetooth, WirelessUSB, XMesh, LonWorks and Proprietary Industrial Standards.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49487) has announced the addition of ZigBee: A New Frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental for Low Cost Active RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. Devices to their offering. ZigBee: A New Frontier for Low Cost Active RFID Devices starts with an excellent introduction to RFID, ZigBee and its use in automation. It also evaluates the use of ZigBee and Active RFID for a Location Tracking System. In addition, this publication presents analysis, case studies, and real-life experiences in which the author has utilized ZigBee to create Active RFID devices, which not only overcame the drawbacks during Tag-to-Reader communication, but also supported Tag-to-Tag communication to realize a very low cost Active RFID System robust enough to achieve a real-time Tracking and Monitoring System with many value-added functionalities. Important Questions Answered by this Report * What is the use and importance of RFID and ZigBee? * What RFID system options exist and how are they best implemented? * How does ZigBee work with an Active RFID system? * How does one design and implement a location tracking system with RFID and ZigBee? * What are the limitations and alternatives to RFID and ZigBee? * Covers alternatives including: Z-Wave, Insteon, Bluetooth, WirelessUSB, XMesh, LonWorks, Proprietary Industrial Standards Target Audience * RFID and ZigBee hardware, software and solution vendors * Personnel responsible for automating Supply Chain Management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), Manufacturing Resource Planning Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) is defined by APICS as a method for the effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally, it addresses operational planning in units, financial planning in dollars, and has a simulation capability to answer (MRP (Material Requirements Planning) An information system that determines what assemblies must be built and what materials must be procured in order to build a unit of equipment by a certain date. ), Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ).and other business processes * Manufacturers and personnel responsible for management of inventory and materials, timing and control of critical resources, improve Warehouse Management Systems (WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale ), and other production line automation and industrial processes * Retailers and personnel responsible for merchandise inventory and ordering processes, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Merchandise tracking and fraud prevention * Providers of value-added applications and services such as metering, telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. , telematics Originally coined to mean the convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cellphones, wireless communications and automatic driving assistance systems all come under the , and sensor applications, inventory control and tracking such as merchandise control, asset tracking and recovery such as computing equipment monitoring, tracking parts moving through a manufacturing process, tracking goods in a supply chain, and payment systems * Providers of RFID databases such as the VeriSign EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). DB * Wireless service providers and cellular network operators interested in learning more about the use of RFID, ZigBee, and value-added applications such as a location tracking system Key Topics Covered inside this Report: What is RFID? * Understanding How RFID Works * Types of Tags * Difference between Active and Passive RFID * Application Field * Privacy * Preventives * Five Steps to RFID Implementation Frequency Bands and their Importance * Frequency * Importance of Frequency Bands * Different Frequency Bands and its impact * Standards for RFID Tags Requirement of RFID, Providers, Solutions * Market Analysis * Key Findings * Cost Analysis * Conclusion ZigBee * What is ZigBee Technology * The Promises * Why is ZigBee needed? * The ZigBee Alliance * Understanding ZigBee * The Protocol * The 802 Wireless Space a graphical comparison ZigBee and Active RFID * Preamble * Scope of Active RFID * Market Research on Scope * Designing the ZigBee based Active RFID System * Tag Specs * Hardware Components * The Role of ZigBee Implementing a Location Tracking System with ZigBee Based Active RFID * Introduction * System Design * Technical Information of the Devices * Prototype Implementation * System Architecture Schematic * Conclusion Limitations of ZigBee based Active RFID Systems * Background * Inherent Drawbacks of ZigBee and Stack Related Issues * Other issues * Alternatives to ZigBee * Z-Wave * Insteon * Bluetooth * WirelessUSB * XMesh * LonWorks * Proprietary Industrial Standards Conclusions For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49487 |
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