THE EPC SYSTEM

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• THE EPC SYSTEM
• Sophie Le Pallec
• Gencod EAN France
• EPCglobal Project Manager

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EPCglobal
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Identification solution of the future
Codes
RFID Tag
Network
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Item Identification
Codes
Code EPC 01.0000A89.00016F.00289AC0
Code EPC 01.0000A89.00016F.00189DC0
Code EPC 01.0000A89.00016F.00180DC0
Code EPC 01.0000A89.00016F.00169DC0
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Reading at long range
RFID Tag
Antenna
Reader
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A Network of things
Network
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The importance of standards

• ? to create a competitive market multiple
  vendors, interoperability between devices, scale
  economy, users confidence
• ? RFID
• regulatory standards
• technical standard (air interface)
• data content (EPCglobal)

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Relevant RFID standards

• regulatory standards
• technical standard (air interface)
• data content (EPCglobal)

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Requirement for data content
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EPC TAG DATA
A unique ID . in a RFID tag
which together, uniquely identifies an object
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Consistent global identification
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EPC v1.1 Standards
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Toward the EPC Vision
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EPC retail adoption
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Tesco Roll-out Plan
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Challenges

• ?Global adoption of a common standard
• low cost implementation
• effective supporting data management system
• Quality assurance through accreditation
• ? Social issues for technology adoption
• privacy
• human safety

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Questions

• Sophie Le Pallec
• slepallec_at_gencod-ean.fr
• tel [phone]
• phone [phone]