RFID antenna re-location and/or RFID location

A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag location apparatus, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• the one or more computer processors are to operate an RFID data collector to cause one or more RFID antennas to request and receive RFID response signals from RFID tags located in a physical space, the RFID tags being located on one or more physical objects in the physical space;
• the one or more computer processors operate an RFID antenna placement module (AP) to:
• determine a dominant antenna breakdown value for each RFID antenna of a plurality of RFID antennas based on a number of RFID antenna read operations performed by each RFID antenna on at least one physical object of the one or more physical objects, and a total number of RFID antenna read operations performed by all RFID antennas on the at least one physical object, and
• determine, based on the dominant antenna breakdown value of each RFID antenna, whether one or more RFID antennas of the plurality of RFID antennas are to be relocated in the space;
• and
• the one or more computer processors are to operate an RFID tag location determination module (TLD) to determine a location of each RFID tag of the RFID tags in the physical space, based on signal strength of the RFID response signals received by the one or more RFID antennas and location information of the one or more RFID antennas.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• collecting, by a computer system, RFID data read from a plurality of RFID tags located in a physical space, the RFID data being based on signals received from the plurality of RFID tags by a plurality of RFID antennas located in the physical space, the plurality of tags being located on one or more physical objects;
• determining, by the computer system, a dominant antenna breakdown value for each RFID antenna of the plurality of RFID antennas based on (i) a number of RFID antenna read operations performed by each RFID antenna on at least one physical object of the one or more physical objects and (ii) a total number of RFID antenna read operations performed by all RFID antennas on the at least one physical object;
• and
• determining, by the computer system, based on the determined dominant antenna breakdown value for each RFID antenna, whether one or more of the plurality of RFID antennas are to be relocated in the physical space.

One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions written thereon, wherein execution of the instructions by a computer system is to cause the computer system to:

• collect RFID data read from RFID tags located in a physical space by a plurality of RFID antennas located in the space;
• determine a dominant antenna breakdown value for each RFID antenna of the plurality of RFID antennas based on a number of RFID antenna read operations performed by each RFID antenna on at least one physical object of the one or more physical objects and a total number of RFID antenna read operations performed by all RFID antennas on the at least one physical object;
• and
• determine, based on the dominant antenna breakdown value of each RFID antenna, whether one or more of the plurality of RFID antennas are to be relocated in the space.