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RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
Contributor(s): Shepard, Steven (Author)
ISBN: 0071442995     ISBN-13: 9780071442992
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
OUR PRICE:   $82.65  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2004
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Annotation: TAG THE HOTTEST GROWTH IN WIRELESS

With a predicted $10-billion market over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology with an eager new audience--retailers. From global giant Wal-Mart down, RFID is being adapted to track inventories via microchip-tagged products. Popular technology writer Steven Shepard's "RFID" gives you an inside look at the entire arena, from the technology's staggering capabilities and potential, through insightful coverage of issues from vendors, implementation, and monitoring, to possible technical conflicts, market forecasts, and security.

A must-read for both technical types and retailers, this book's need-to-know contents include:
Defining RFID - Underlying Technologies - Technological Competitors - Future RFID Applications - RFID/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence - Implementation - Potential Roadblocks - RFID Security - RFID Chips, Readers, and Applications Sets - Short- and Long-Term Forecasts
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications
- Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications
- Technology & Engineering | Radio
Dewey: 658.787
LCCN: 2004055983
Series: McGraw-Hill Networking Professional
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.26" W x 9.28" (1.19 lbs) 352 pages
 
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TAG THE HOTTEST GROWTH IN WIRELESS

With a predicted $10-billion market over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology with an eager new audience--retailers. From global giant Wal-Mart down, RFID is being adapted to track inventories via microchip-tagged products. Popular technology writer Steven Shepard's RFID gives you an inside look at the entire arena, from the technology's staggering capabilities and potential, through insightful coverage of issues from vendors, implementation, and monitoring, to possible technical conflicts, market forecasts, and security.

A must-read for both technical types and retailers, this book's need-to-know contents include:
Defining RFID - Underlying Technologies - Technological Competitors - Future RFID Applications - RFID/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence - Implementation - Potential Roadblocks - RFID Security - RFID Chips, Readers, and Applications Sets - Short- and Long-Term Forecasts

Contributor Bio(s): Shepard, Steven: - Steven Shepard is a professional writer and educator who specializes in international telecommunications. Formerly with Hill Associates, now president of Shepard Communications Group, he is the author of a number of well-received technical books including Telecom Crash Course, Telecom Convergence, SONET/SDH Demystified, and Optical Networking Crash Course. He lives and works in Williston, Vermont.