Design and implementation of RFID systems with software defined radio

John Kimionis; Aggelos Bletsas; John N. Sahalos

doi:10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206487

Design and implementation of RFID systems with software defined radio

John Kimionis
, Aggelos Bletsas
, John N. Sahalos

Department of Engineering

Technical University of Crete

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Abstract

A complete backscatter system is designed and implemented, by utilizing communication, radio, RF electronics, and signal processing theory. A custom RFID/sensor tag is built from first principles, along with a reader, which is implemented with commodity, low-cost software defined radio (SDR). Backscatter links are tested, demonstrating their inherent tradeoffs in terms of range, bit-error-rate (BER) and multiple access. Theoretical results match simulation and are experimentally validated with the constructed testbed. This work is a proof of concept for ultra-low cost and low power wireless communication by means of backscatter and SDR technology. The implemented testbed serves as a practical and low-cost solution for backscatter radio research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012
Pages	3464-3468
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206487
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 26 Mar 2012 → 30 Mar 2012

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Other	6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	26/03/12 → 30/03/12

Keywords

low-cost SDR
RFID
sensors

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