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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2012.16.3.470

Enhanced Q-Algorithm for Fast Tag Identification in EPCglobal Class-1 Gen-2 RFID System  

Lim, In-Taek (부산외국어대학교 임베디드IT학과)
Abstract
In Q-algorithm of EPCglobal Class-1 Gen-2 RFID system, the initial value of $Q_{fp}$, which is the slot-count parameter, is not defined in the standard. And the values of weight C, which is the parameter for incrementing or decrementing the slot-count size, are not determined. Therefore, if the number of tags is small and we let the initial $Q_{fp}$ be large, the number of empty slot will be large. On the other hand, if we let the initial $Q_{fp}$ be small in spite of many tags, almost all the slots will be collided. Also, if the reader selects an inappropriate weight, there are a lot of empty or collided slots. As a result, the performance will be declined because the frame size does not converge to the optimal point quickly during the query round. In this paper, we propose a scheme to allocate the optimal initial $Q_{fp}$ through the tag number estimation and select the weight based on the slot-count size of current query round.
Keywords
RFID; Q-algorithm; Tag number estimation; Weight; Slot-count; Anti-collision algorithm;
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