RFID Systems

Committee on the Judiciary - Brady Statement ...

... "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems: RFID systems are deployed worldwide and offer a cost-effective, mature, reliable, and proven technology for supporting Section 110, especially for vehicle identification and providing a high-speed, reliable electronic index to security or law enforcement databases. These RF systems operate in the 100 KHz to 10 GHz frequency range and are proliferating in North America and worldwide. Over 5 million RF transponders are presently in service across North America on automobiles, trucks and railcars to support Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI), Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) and Electronic Border Crossing (EBC) applications. The basic RFID system is composed of wallet-sized transponders or tags that carry unique codes and are attached to objects to be identified. These examples of tags, manufactured by Amtech, Mark IV and Hughes, are all being used for electronic toll and border systems. Readers interrogate the tag, process the code returned by the tag and send the tag code to a host computer or information management system. Antennas are deployed to communicate between the reader and the tag using Dedicated Short range Communication (DSRC) protocols." ...