RFID Applications

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RFID Applications

• Vlad Krotov
• DISC 4397 Section 12977
• University of Houston
• Bauer College of Business
• Spring 2005

Source Finkenzeller, 2003
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Contactless Smart CardsHistory

• 1968 - Memory chip identification was patented in
  Germany
• 1986 Millions of telephone smart cards were in
  circulation in France
• 1995 Lufthansa introduces contactless customer
  loyalty cards

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Contactless Smart CardsTypes Applications

• Types
• Close coupling (touch)
• Remote coupling (gt1m)
• Vicinity coupled (lt1m)
• Applications
• Payment systems
• Passes

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Public Transportation

• Public transportation usually operates at loss
• High selling costs (16 of ticket price)
• In-vehicle equipment drivers time
• Tickets are thrown away
• Fare-dodgers

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Public TransportationComparison of Ticketing
Technologies
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Public TransportationBenefits for Passengers

• No cash necessary
• Smart cards remain valid when fares change
• No need to know the precise fare
• Monthly tickets can begin on any day of the month

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Public TransportationBenefits for the Driver

• Passes are no longer sold less distraction
• No cash in vehicle
• Automatic sales calculation

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Public TransportationBenefits for the Transport
Company

• Reduction in operating and maintenance costs
• Secure against vandalism
• Easy to change fares
• Less fare dodgers

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Public TransportationBenefits for Transport
Association

• Calculating performance of individual partners
• Other statistics

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Public TransportationBenefits for the City

• Less subsidies due to cost reduction
• Better use of public transport due to greater
  customer service

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Airplane Ticketing

• Self-service
• Faster transactions

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RFID-Enabled Passports

• Faster processing
• Better Security?

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Ski Tickets

• Advantages
• No need to check tickets
• No need to present tickets

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Ski Tickets
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Access Control

• Online Systems
• Many people have access to a particular premise
  (e.g. central entrance)
• Offline Systems
• Only a few people have access
• Transponders are programmed at programming
  stations
• Transponders can take different form

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Access Control
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Container Identification

• Container identification has been standardized
  (ISO) since the end of 1960s
• 7 million containers use the identification code
• 30 of containers have been misidentified

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Animal Identification
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Animal Identification
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Animal Identification
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Immobilisation Systems

• Functionality
• Individual Serial Number
• Rolling code procedure
• Cryptographic procedure

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Immobilisation Systems
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Conclusion

• Transaction efficiency
• Visibility
• Security