TOKEN PASSING PROTOCOL RFID SYSTEMS

摘要

Method, systems and apparatuses for RFID readers forming a reader network (100) are described In an aspect of the present inventio plurality of RFID readers (104) are configured to interrogate tags (102) Furthermore, the readers are configured to communicate wit one another by transferring a token, represented by a signal Possession of the token enables the reader to access a RF communicati medium Readers can be arranged in a ring configuration (figure 1), and interconnected via wired links A secondary token may circulate in the ring in addition to the primary token, to ensure redundancy in the system A reader waits for a predetrmined time inte before accessing the RF communication medium.