Wide-area dynamic rfid system using uwb
AssigneeSandlinks Systems Ltd.
InventorGideon Kaplan
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Abstract
A wide area radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes: a first RFID cell and a second RFID cell. The first RFID cell and the second RFID cell each include a reader and tags. The readers access the tags using ultra-wide band signaling. The RFID cells each include: a communications interface operable to communicate with a network operations center, and a communications gateway which supports direct communications between RFID cells. The method includes accessing the second RFID cell from the first RFID cell, and the accessing is performed using the communications gateway that can cover a range of at least five hundred meters.
Claims17
A wide area radio frequency identification (RFID) system comprising:
- (a) at least two RFID cells, wherein said at least two RFID cells each include at least one reader and a plurality of tags, wherein the at least one reader accesses the tags using ultra-wide band signaling;
- (b) a network operations center;
- wherein said at least two RFID cells each include:
- (i) a communications interface operable to communicate with said network operations center, and
- (ii) a communications gateway operable to support direct communications between said at least two RFID cells.
In a wide area radio frequency identification (RFID) system including:
- a first RFID cell and a second RFID cell wherein said first RFID cell and said second RFID cell each include at least one reader and a plurality of tags, wherein the at least one reader accesses the tags using ultra-wide band signaling;
- a network operations center;
- wherein said first and second RFID cells each include:
- a communications interface operable to communicate with said network operations center, and a communications gateway supporting direct communications between said first RFID cell and said second RFID cell, a method comprising the step of:
- (a) accessing the second RFID cell from the first RFID cell, wherein said accessing is performed using the communications gateway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.