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Innovision Research & Technology (IRT), a developer of NFC and short-range RFID solutions, has published the second in a series of white papers on the overall theme of ''Near Field Communication in the real world'' - this time explaining how to choose the right RFID tag for a specific application.
The white paper, entitled ''NFC in the real world - part II: Using the right NFC tag type for the right NFC application'', highlights the need to ensure that the features and capabilities of the NFC tag meet the needs of the application; and aims to help NFC product and service developers explore the relative merits of the four NFC Forum-mandated tag types for various applications. 116.30.192.184 This article is copyright 2006 UsingRFID.com.
Careful consideration
IRT explains that: "With four NFC Forum-mandated tag types to choose from, designers need to consider carefully the properties of each before committing to one type or another. With initial mass-market deployments likely to be in low-financial value, low-risk applications, it is important that the NFC tags selected meet the application requirements with the right balance of cost and performance."
Four key applications
The white paper reviews four key NFC applications:
Smart Poster;
SMS or phone number shortcut;
MMS or ringtone downloads;
Bluetooth pairing.
The suitability of each NFC Forum-mandated tag type for each application, based on its specific features and capabilities is then assessed. The paper concludes that: "It is likely that the first mass-market applications for NFC will build on existing infrastructure, initially in relatively simple shortcut, identification, service discovery/initiation or device pairing applications. This implies the need for a standardised tag format that is small, low-cost and flexible enough to be successfully integrated into existing form factors and integrated circuitry."
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