RuBee

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RuBee

• Andrew Giles
• 03.23.07

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An alternative to RFID?

• What is RuBee?
• The differences between RuBee and RFID.
• Applications that could benefit from RuBee

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What is RuBee?

• RuBee visibility networks
• A similar technology to RFID
• Long Wavelength ID (LWID)
• Continuous identification
• Greater read ranges
• The ability to read around water and metal
• A longer life than active RFID

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History

• In June 2006, IEEE announced working on a new
  visibility network protocol standard IEEE
  P1902.1
• To be in place by mid 2007
• Known by industry observers as RFID 2.0

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The difference...

• RuBee uses almost exclusively magnetic energy.
• RuBee operates at low frequencies.
• RuBee is for visibility, RFID if for tracking
• Data is stored on the RuBee tag, RFID is a
  pointer to the data.
• RFID tags are backscattered transpondersRuBee is
  an active transceiver.
• RuBee fully programmable.

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Capabilities / Advantages

• Higher read ranges than UHF and HF
• 100x100 ft (10,000 square feet)
• Ability to read in harsh conditions
• Water
• Metal
• High noise environments
• Peer-to-peer communications, between routers and
  the tags themselves.
• Long Battery Life
• Data is stored on tag itself

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Uses

• Visibility of high value items.
• Anti-theft / shoplifting
• Smart shelves for high-value medical devices
• Inventory tracking in harsh environments
• Agricultural visibility
• Tracking of people within an environment

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Who is backing RuBee?

• Carrefour
• Best Buy
• Hewlett-Packard
• IBM
• Sony
• Panasonic
• Motorola
• NCR

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Sources

• http//www.rfidnews.org/library/2007/03/15/is-rube
  e-the-next-generation-of-rfid/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuBee
• http//standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_p19021R
  ubee.html
• http//www.idtechex.com/products/en/articles/00000
  523.asp
• http//www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2006/06/09/1127
  23.html

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Questions

• Which technology provides higher read rates, RFID
  or RuBee?
• What are applications that would not be
  successful with RuBee, what are some that would?
• What kind of energy does RuBee use, that is
  different than RFID?