ANTICOLLISION PROTOCOL FOR READING MULTIPLE RFID TAGS

摘要

A method of reading multiple RFID tags (10) located in a field of an interrogating antenna (26) is based on periodic transmissions from the tags with large, non-transmission intervals between transmissions. The non-transmission intervals are fixed for a given tag, but are random between tags, preferably due to manufacturing tolerances in electrical components from which the tag is constructed, such that no coordination of transmissions from the interrogating antenna is required.