Rfid read zone mapping, testing, and monitoring using a silent rfid tag

A method for mapping, testing, and monitoring radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in an environment via a communication device, comprising:

• receiving, by an RFID application stored in a non-transitory memory of the communication device and executable by a processor of the communication device, a first radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID reader at a plurality of locations in an environment, wherein the first RF signal comprises a frequency in a cellular frequency range;
• determining, by the RFID application, a receive signal strength (RSS) of the first RF signal at each the plurality of locations;
• generating, by the RFID application, a map of RF power levels in an RFID read zone in the environment based on the RSS of the first RF signal at the plurality of locations;
• in response to a change in the environment, receiving, by the RFID application, a second radio frequency (RF) signal from the RFID reader at the plurality of locations, wherein the second RF signal comprises a frequency in a cellular frequency range;
• determining, by the RFID application, a receive signal strength (RSS) of the second RF signal at each the plurality of locations;
• generating, by the RFID application, an updated map of RF power levels in an updated RFID read zone in the environment based on the RSS of the second RF signal at the plurality of locations;
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• sending, by the RFID application, the updated map of RF power levels to at least one of the RFID reader or an analysis server, wherein the RFID reader tunes a transmitted RF signal based on the updated map of RF power levels.

A method for mapping, testing, and monitoring radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in an environment via a communication device, comprising:

• receiving, by an RFID application stored in a non-transitory memory of the communication device and executable by a processor of the communication device, a first radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID reader at a plurality of locations in an environment, wherein the first RF signal comprises a frequency in a cellular frequency range;
• determining, by the RFID application, a receive signal strength (RSS) of the first RF signal at each the plurality of locations;
• obtaining, by the RFID application, a map of RF power levels in an RFID read zone in the environment based on the RSS of the first RF signal at the plurality of locations;
• sending, by the RFID application, a map of the RF power levels to an analysis server, wherein the analysis server instructs the RFID reader to tune a transmitted RF signal based on the map of RF power levels;
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• subsequent to the tuning performed by the RFID reader, receiving, by the RFID application, a second radio frequency (RF) signal from the RFID reader at the plurality of locations, wherein the second RF signal comprises a frequency in a cellular frequency range.

A method for mapping, testing, and monitoring radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in an environment via a communication device, comprising:

• receiving, by an RFID application stored in a non-transitory memory of the communication device and executable by a processor of the communication device, a first radio frequency (RF) signal from an RFID reader at a plurality of locations in an environment, wherein the first RF signal comprises a frequency in a cellular frequency range;
• determining, by the RFID application, a receive signal strength (RSS) of the first RF signal at each the plurality of locations;
• obtaining, by the RFID application, a map of RF power levels in an RFID read zone in the environment based on the RSS of the first RF signal at the plurality of locations;
• sending, by the RFID application, a map of the RF power levels to the RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader tunes a transmitted RF signal based on the map of RF power levels;
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• subsequent to the tuning performed by the RFID reader, receiving, by the RFID application, a second radio frequency (RF) signal from the RFID reader at the plurality of locations, wherein the second RF signal comprises a frequency in a cellular frequency range.