Finkenzeller K.RFID handbook.2003

Regional Support Centres

AIM currently has three regional support centres worldwide:

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Phone: +852 27783368

Fax: +852 27783383

Email: mailto:wing@aimglobal.org

Contactless smart cards can be used as electronic tickets, helping to improve speed and convenience and aiding the realisation of new public transport products and flexible strategies. The KONTIKI working group aims to analyse technological and applicationrelated developments, to develop practical application options for public transport, and to use these as the basis for recommendations to transport companies and associations. The idea is that users, manufacturers, consultants, associations and organisations work together to create interdisciplinary solutions. The working group is now active across Europe.

Work is carried out in subgroups, and the results are presented centrally. The working group also acts as a point of contact and consulting body to potential users of future smart card projects. Contact address:

Arbeitskreis kontiki c/o Weber Marketing Wiesbadener Weg 6 65812 Bad Soden Germany

Telephone: +49 6196 766 66 50 Fax: +49 6196 766 66 51 Homepage: http://www.kontiki.net Email: weber@kontiki.net

A further group of companies, the Low Power Radio Association (LPRA), is concerned with low power radio systems. The LPRA was established in 1990 in the United Kingdom as the voice of the ‘low power radio’ industry. Now some 200 companies from around the world belong to LPRA. In addition to RFID, the association also deals with other radio services such as telemetry, cordless audio, Bluetooth, etc.

Low Power Radio Association

Brearley Hall

Luddenden Foot

Halifax

West Yorkshine HX2 6HS

UK

Homepage: http://www.LPRA.org

14.1.2 Technical journals

One German-language technical journal that deals with the subjects of barcodes, autoID and RFID is:

ident, Das Forum fur¨ Automatische Datenerfassung Umschau Zeitschriftenverlag — Breidenstein GmbH Stuttgarter Str. 18–24

D-60329 Frankfurt am Main Germany

Homepage: http://www.ident.de

The following are English-language technical journals on the same subject:

Supply Chain Systems

(ID-Systems) 174 Concord St.

Peterborough, NH 03458 USA

Homepage: http://www.idsystems.com

RFID corner: http://www.idsystems.com/reader/RFID Edge/index.htm

Frontline-Solutions c/o Frontline Today 7500 Old Oak Blvd.

Cleveland, OH 44130 USA

Homepage: http://www.frontlinetoday.com

Automatic I. D. News

Tower House

Sovereign Park

Lathkill Street

Market Harborough

Leicestershire, LE 16 9EF

UK

Homepage: http://www.idnewseurope.com

Global ID-Magazine

Giroday & Partners Piazza Duca D’Aosta, 10 20124 Milano

Italy

Homepage: http://www.global-id-magazine.com

Business Solutions

Corry Publishing

2840 West 21st Street

Erie, PA 16506

USA

Homepage: http://www.businesssolutionsmag.com

RF-innovations

The Old Vicarage

Haley Hill

Halifax,

West Yorkshine HX3 6DR

UK

Smart Labels Analyst

The IDTechEx Web Journal

IDTechEx Limited

Downing Park Innovation Centre

Swaffham Bulbeck

Cambridge CB5 0NB

UK

Homepage: http://www.idtechex.com

14.1.3 RFID on the internet

A collection of links to RFID companies and further interesting pages on this subject is available at the following internet addresses:

http://rfid-handbook.de/links

http://members.surfbest.net/eaglesnest/rfidweb.htm

http://home.att.net/ randall.j.jackson/rfidlinks.htm

A good overview of the current state of standardisation, the work of AIM, and a comprehensive overview of companies is provided by the RFID homepage of AIM:

http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid

The monthly RFID Newsletter of AIM, which is sent out by email free of charge, is also recommended. Old editions are available on the following page:

http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/newsletter/RFID Newsletter Issues.htm

Technical specifications and information on the current state of standardisation of auto-ID systems of all types (barcode, RFID, etc.) are available on the official AutoID homepage:

http://www.autoid.org

Current information about new developments and products in the field of RFID and EAS, a summary of the most important RFID patents, and an introduction to the

technical principles of the most important RFID procedures can be found in Transponder News:

http://rapidttp.co.za/transponder

http://rapidttp.com/transponder

A collection of press releases and articles on all RFID subjects can be found on the following homepage:

http://rfidjournal.com

The RFID Bulletin Board is available as a discussion forum on the internet. The purpose of the RFID Bulletin Board is to serve as a neutral forum for the free exchange of information between RFID users, developers and all those interested in the subject of RFID. Questions, contributions and discussions on technical and commercial topics relating to RFID, event notices, questions on applications, standardisation of RFID, etc. are permitted and welcomed:

http://rfid-handbook.de/forum

RFID is also being discussed in numerous usenet news groups. A quick overview can be obtained by using the usenet search function at google.com (enter ‘rfid OR contactless’ as the search expression):

http://groups.google.com

14.2Relevant Standards and Regulations

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Part 3: Specific requirements for Short-Range Devices (SRD) operating on frequencies between 9 kHz and 25 GHz

Part 4: Specific requirements for fixed radio links and ancillary equipment and services

Part 5: Specific requirements for Private land Mobile Radio (PMR) and ancillary equipment (speech and non-speech)

Part 6: Specific conditions for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) equipment

Part 7: Specific conditions for mobile and portable radio and ancillary equipment of digital cellular radio telecommunications systems (GSM and DCS)

Part 8: Specific requirements for GSM base stations Part 9: Specific conditions for wireless microphones and

similar Radio Frequency (RF) audio link equipment

Part 10: Specific conditions for First (CT1 and CT1+) and Second Generation Cordless Telephone (CT2) equipment

Part 11: Specific conditions for FM broadcasting transmitters Part 12: Specific conditions for Earth Stations operated in

the frequency ranges between 4 GHz and 30 GHz in the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)

Part 13: Specific conditions for Citizens’ Band (CB) radio and ancillary equipment (speech and non-speech)

Part 15: Specific conditions for commercially available amateur radio equipment

Part 16: Specific conditions for analogue cellular radio communications equipment, mobile and portable

Part 17: Specific requirements for Wideband data and HIPERLAN

Part 18: Specific requirements for Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)

Part 19: Specific conditions for Receive Only Mobile Earth Stations (ROMES) operating in the 1.5 GHz band providing data communications

Part 20: Specific conditions for Mobile Earth Stations (MES) used in the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS)

Part 22: Specific requirements for VHF aeronautical mobile and fixed radios

ERC/DEC 92-02: CEPT/ERC Decision on the frequency bands to be designated for the coordinated introduction of Road Transport Telematic Systems. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 97-10: CEPT/ERC Decision on the mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures including marking of radio equipment and radio terminal equipment. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01-01: CEPT/ERC Decision: Non-specific short range devices in 6765–6795 kHz and 13.552–13.567 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–02: CEPT/ERC Decision: Non-specific short range devices in 26.957–27.283 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–03: CEPT/ERC Decision: Non-specific short range devices in 40.660–40.700 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–04: CEPT/ERC Decision: Non-specific short range devices in 868.0–868.6 MHz, 868.7–869.2 MHz, 869.4–869.65 MHz, 869.7–870.0 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–05: CEPT/ERC Decision: Non-specific short range devices in 2400–2483.5 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–13: CEPT/ERC Decision: Short range devices for inductive applications in 9–59,750 kHz, 59.750–60.250 kHz, 60.250–70 kHz, 70–119 kHz and 119–135 kHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–14: CEPT/ERC Decision: Short range devices for inductive applications in 6765–6795 kHz, 13.553–13.567 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–15: CEPT/ERC Decision: Short range devices for inductive applications in 7400–8800 kHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/DEC 01–16: CEPT/ERC Decision: Short range devices for inductive applications in 26.957–27.283 MHz. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/REC 01–06: CEPT/ERC Recommendation: Procedure for mutual recognition of type testing and type-approval for radio equipment. http://www.ero.dk

ERC/REC 70-03: CEPT/ERC Recommendation 70-03 relating to the use of Short Range Devices (SRD). http://www.ero.dk

ISO 7810: Identification cards — Physical characteristics.

ISO 7816: Identification cards — Integrated circuit(s) cards with contacts:

Part 1: Physical characteristics

Part 2: Dimensions and location of the contacts Part 3: Electronic signals and transmission protocols Part 4: Interindustry commands for interchange

Part 5: Registration system for applications in IC Cards Part 6: Interindustry Data elements

Part 7: Interindustry commands for Structured Card Query Language (SCQL)

Part 8: Security architecture and related interindustry commands

Part 9: Enhanced interindustry commands

Part 10: Electronic signals and answer to reset for synchronous cards

Part 11: Card structure and enhanced functions for multi-application use

ISO 9798: Information technology — Security techniques — Entity authentication. Principles and description of authentication procedures.

ISO 10373: Identification Cards — Test methods. Test methods for ‘plastic cards’ for testing the card body and the fitted card element