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Text[0]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Overview of RFID Essentials Course 1, by Host Dr. Dan Dobkin</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Objectives</strong>.</li><li><strong>Features</strong>.</li></ul></div>"]

Text[1]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Introduction to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)</strong></p><ul><li><strong> Background and definitions </strong></li><li><strong> Automatic identification technology (Auto-ID)</strong><br/><br/><ul><li> Types of Auto-ID technology</li><li> Radio frequency identification (RFID) </li><li> Serialization </li></ul></li><li><strong> Application examples</strong><br/><br/><ul><li> Automobile toll collection </li><li> Hospital asset tracking using real-time location systems (RTLS)</li><li> Supply chain tracking </li></ul></li><li><strong> RFID - bar code comparison </strong></li></ul></div>"]
Text[2]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>History of RFID</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Identification friend or foe technology in World War II </strong></li><li><strong>Anti-theft</strong></li><li><strong>Contactless keys, traffic control</strong></li><li><strong>Railcar identification</strong></li><li><strong>Automobile tolling</strong></li><li><strong>Growth of standards supporting supply chain applications</strong><br/><br/><ul><li>EPCglobal and ISO</li><li>Implementation by major retailers and their suppliers</li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
Text[3]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Technology Basics, Part 1: Physical Components of RFID System</strong></p><ul> <li><strong>Elements of an RFID system</strong></li><li><strong> Radio frequencies: LF, HF, UHF, and SHF Systems </strong></li><li><strong> Tag-reader communication: inductive versus radiative coupling </strong></li><li><strong> Powering tags: Passive, semi-passive, and active</strong><ul><li> Power sources of passive, semi-passive, and active tags </li><li> Relationships between frequencies (LF, HF, UHF, and SHF), tag-reader communication (inductive and radiative coupling), and how tags are powered (passive, semi-passive, and active)</li><li> Real-time location systems (RTLS)</li></ul></li> <li><strong> Readers</strong><ul><li> Reader forms: fixed, modules, printers, and portables </li><li> Reader components</li><li> Reader configurations (monostatic versus bistatic) and frequency ranges </li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
Text[4]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Technology Basics, Part 2: Reader-Tag Communication</strong></p><ul><li><strong><font color='#CC0000'>You</font>Tag Interactive Workshop No. 1: RFID system assembly, tag orientation, and antenna polarization </strong></li><li><strong> RFID communication: &quot;Air interface&quot; protocol</strong><ul><li> Elements of communication systems (elements of speech, language and grammar, allocating the right to speak, and interpretation) </li><li>RFID communication system<ul><li>Elements of speech: medium and modulation</li><li>Language: packet structure and commands</li><li>Access: medium access control (MAC)<ul><li>Binary Tree Navigation</li><li>Slotted Aloha</li></ul></li><li> Interpretation: Object I.D., context, sensor information, and business rules</li></ul></li></ul></li><li> <strong>Survey of RFID protocols and compatibility</strong><ul><li>  Common protocols by frequency and power </li><li>Selecting the right protocol </li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
Text[5]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Technology Basics, Part 3: Sharing Data Inside and Outside the Enterprise</strong></p><ul><li><strong> The role of RFID middleware </strong></li><li><strong>EPCglobal Data Architecture</strong><br/><br/><ul><li>Electronic product code (EPC)</li><li> Reader protocol</li><li> Application Level Events (ALE)</li><li> EPC Information Services (EPCIS)</li><li> Object Naming Service (ONS)</li><li> EPC Trust Services</li><li> EPC Discovery Services</li></ul></li><li><strong> Vendors of RFID Products and Services</strong><br/><br/><ul><li> Hardware (tags and readers), middleware, and services </li><li> Enterprise management tools </li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
Text[6]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Materials and RF</strong></p><ul><li><strong> Materials: RF lucent and RF opaque </strong></li><li><strong> Effects of frequency on readability of tags </strong></li></ul></div>"]
Text[7]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Application Examples</strong></p><ul><li><strong> Hospital asset tracking</strong><br /><br /><ul><li> Technology selection: UHF active</li></ul></li><li><strong> Supply chain tracking</strong><br /><br /><ul><li> Technology selection: UHF passive </li><li>  Hot spot testing </li></ul></li><li><strong> <font color='#CC0000'>You</font>Tag Interactive Workshop No. 2: Tag placement </strong></li><li><strong> Interactive exercise: aircraft parts tracking </strong></li></ul></div>"]
Text[8]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Securing RFID Data and Safeguarding Personal Privacy</strong></p><ul><li><strong> Tag data security</strong><br /><br /><ul><li> Potential attacks: skimming and eavesdropping<ul><li> <strong><font color='#CC0000'>You</font>Tag Video</strong>: skimming attack</li></ul></li><li> Measures to protect RFID data transmission<ul><li> Physical security </li><li> Protocol-based security<ul><li> Encryption and mutual authentication </li><li> Effect of security protocols on performance</li><li> Gen 2 standard: security measures </li><li> Frequencies and security </li><li> ePassports: standardized security protocols </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><strong> Safeguarding personal privacy</strong><br /><br /><ul><li> Potential threats to personal privacy </li><li>  EPCglobal: recommended industry practices for safeguarding consumer privacy</li><li> Regulatory measures: U.S., Europe, and Japan </li><li> Privacy advocates  </li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
Text[9]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Implementing RFID for Positive ROI</strong></p><ul><li> <strong>Evaluating RFID opportunities</strong><ul><li> Operational efficiencies versus new products</li><li> Calculating costs and net benefits example: Semper Firmus, a medical products company<ul><li>  Supply chain tracking from manufacture to retailer</li><li> New clinical care product, &quot;Semper Attentus&quot;</li><li> Comparing the value of two projects</li></ul></li></ul></li><li> <strong>Calculating a project's return on investment (ROI)</strong><ul><li> Financial assessment methods: ROI ratio, Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Payback</li><li> Using the financial assessment methods to compare Semper Firmus' two projects</li></ul></li><li> <strong>Implementing RFID in your organization: process and personnel</strong><ul><li> Analysis phase<ul><li> Survey</li><li> Scorecard</li></ul></li><li> Implementation<ul><li> Team</li><li> Pilot project<ul><li> Road map</li><li> Key performance indicators (KPI's)</li></ul></li></ul></li> </ul></li><li> <strong>Evolution of RFID market and its effect on business</strong><ul><li> Size and projected growth of global market</li><li> Relationship between market size, prices, and ROI</li></ul></li><li> <strong>Real examples of RFID applications delivering ROI</strong><ul><li> Applications delivering operational efficiencies, by company</li><li> New, RFID-enabled products, by company</li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
Text[10]=["","<div id='tips'><p><strong>Final exam (optional)</strong></p><ul><li><strong>May be taken up to three times, with each version varying slightly.</strong></li><li><strong>Takes about one hour</strong></li><li><strong>Includes simulationed applications to test working knowledge</strong></li><li><strong>Each question or exercise categorized as &quot;Basic&quot; and &quot;Advanced.&quot;</strong><br/><br/><ul><li> Basic questions constitute the majority of points. </li><li> Advanced questions optional; drawn from &quot;In-depth&quot; sections. </li><li> Score of at least 80 percent of the &quot;Basic&quot; points earns <strong>Certificate of Completion of RFID Essentials</strong>.</li><li> Score of at least 80 percent of both &quot;Basic&quot; and &quot;Advanced&quot; points earns <strong>Certificate of Mastery of RFID Essentials</strong>.</li></ul></li></ul></div>"]
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