Standards & Compliance
The rules that an RFID deployment has to satisfy: EPC Gen2 and ISO/IEC 18000-63 air interfaces, GS1 tag data standards, regional UHF spectrum regulation, and test criteria that prove compliance.
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Dense Reader Mode: The Spectral Trade Behind Crowded RFID Sites
DRM narrows the tag's backscatter so adjacent channels stop interfering — at the cost of about 3 dB of tag sensitivity. This is how the spectral mask works, when it saves a site, and when it quietly kills read rate.
RFID Tag Durability: Testing the Lifecycle, Not Just the First Read
A tag that reads perfectly on the bench and fails in month fourteen has passed the wrong test. Durability is proven by cycling, spraying, vibrating and washing samples until they fail, then explaining the failure mode — and by understanding why a lab pass still does not guarantee a field pass.
EPC Gen2 v2: What Actually Changed Beyond Gen2 v1.2
Gen2 v2 adds optional security and privacy commands on top of the v1.2 air interface. Here is which of them change encoding, middleware and chip selection — and which ones you can ignore.
RAIN RFID Standards After Gen2V2: File Mode, Arietta and the Bands That Come Next
The air interface has been stable for years, which is why the interesting changes are happening above and beside it. What Gen2V2 already lets you do, what Arietta changes, and why spectrum, not silicon, is the constraint that decides your next deployment.