• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.8A
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• pp.805-814
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• 2008

Both EPCglobal Generation-2 (Gen2) for passive RFID systems and Intelleflex for semi-passive RFID systems use probabilistic slotted ALOHA with Q algorithm, which is a kind of dynamic framed slotted ALOHA (DFSA), as the tag anti-collision algorithm. A better tag anti-collision algorithm can reduce collisions so as to increase the efficiency of tag identification. In this paper, we introduce and analyze the estimation methods of the number of slots and tags for DFSA. To increase the efficiency of tag identification, we propose two new tag anti-collision algorithms, which are Chebyshev's inequality (CHI) algorithm and hybrid Q algorithm, and compare them with the conventional Q algorithm and adaptive adjustable framed Q (AAFQ) algorithm, which is mentioned in Part I. The simulation results show that AAFQ performs the best in Gen2 scenario. However, in Intelleflex scenario the proposed hybrid Q algorithm is the best. That is, hybrid Q provides the minimum identification time, shows the more consistent collision ratio, and maximizes throughput and system efficiency in Intelleflex scenario.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.26-27
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• 2010

Illegal aquaculture farms that cause marine pollution and ship accidents are managed and controlled by local organizations, but they experience many difficulties due to the vast waters and insufficient human resources. This study aims to utilize new IP-RFID technology to propose an efficient aquaculture farm facility management system This system attaches Ip-Tags to aquaculture farms that can provide facility information and location in real-time through IP communications. This allows for efficient management of facilities and the restriction of illegal farms. This system can also provide locations of farm facilities that sink to the ocean floor, reducing marine pollution caused by lost farms.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.1-23
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• 2005

Personalized reminder systems have to identify the user's current needs dynamically and proactively based on the user's current context. However, need identification methodologies and their feasible architectures for personalized reminder systems have been so far rare. Hence, this paper aims to propose a proactive need awaring mechanism by applying agent, semantic web technologies and RFID-based context subsystem for a personalized reminder system which is one of the supporting systems for a robust ubiquitous service support environment. RescorlaWagner model is adopted as an underlying need awaring theory. We have created a prototype system called NAMA(Need Aware Multi-Agent)-RFID, to demonstrate the feasibility of the methodology and of the mobile settings framework that we propose in this paper. NAMA considers the context, user profile with preferences, and information about currently available services, to discover the user's current needs and then link the user to a set of services, which are implemented as web services. Moreover, to test if the proposed system works in terms of scalability, a simulation was performed and the results are described.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.5 no.1 s.9
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• pp.65-70
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• 2006

A UHF band RFID passive tag antenna, which can be attached on metallic objects, is proposed. The proposed tag antenna is more insensitive to the size of the metallic object than conventional PIFAs or IFAs. It is constructed on a multi-layer and its size is reduced by using a 'L' slit. Performances of the antenna is analyzed by Ansoft's HFSS and measured using a back-scattering method. The simulated and measured data are obtained with varying the size of metallic object.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2006

The general medical information service in hospital recently has been turned into ubiquitous environment. A key requirement in ubiquitous environment is the ability for communication between image viewer realized by DICOM standard and a server supporting medical information to make it possible. In order to apply the proposed scheme, we first realized the server/client networking in mobile terminal environment. Second, we realized DICOM viewer using a PDA to be capable of wireless communication in ubiquitous environment. Third, MIPS(Medical Information Processing System) utilized RFID system to apply the patient's information efficiently. In particular, it showed the capability to communicate image based system unlike previous text based communication.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.839-844
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• 2011

Various technologies such as infrared light, ultrasonic waves, RFID, GPS, UWB, and signal indicators have been incorporated in the location tracking system. However, such pre-existing systems require location recognition in shadow areas. This study proposes a location tracking system that utilizes Cooperative Spectrum Sensing. Cooperative Spectrum Sensing is not only able to track the location and path of moving objects but also recognize when objects breakaway from the path set by sensors and guide them back. In addition, it has the advantage of being more efficient in terms of frequency usage. It is able to automatically fix power transmission and frequency modulation for transmission cognitive users to an optimum level within the range that does not cause interference for primary users.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.309-313
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• 2013

This paper is about a complex sensor system of an automatic guided vehicle(AGV) for loading and unloading payloads. For the AGV to approach to the target rack for loading and unloading the payload, a way to identify the position and orientation was studied. To identify the position and orientation of the AGV accurately, a complex sensor system composed of RFID, IMU, and limit sensors was developed, and the performance of each sensor was undertaken. A model AGV was constructed, and the good performance of the developed complex sensor system was verified through performance experiments.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1771-1774
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• 2005

Recently, RFID has become popular in the field of remote sensing applications. Location awareness is one of the most important keys to deploying RFID for advanced object tracking. Generally, multiple reference RF stations or additional sensors are used for the location sensing with RFID, but, particularly in indoor environments, spatial layout and cost problems limit the applicability of those approaches. In this paper, we propose a novel method for location sensing with active RFID systems not requiring the need for reference stations or additional sensors. The system triangulates the position of RF signal source using the signal pattern of the loop antenna connected to the power detector. The power detector consists of a signal strength detector and a signal analysis unit. The signal analysis unit indicates the signal strength and serial number using the signal from the strength detector, and provides the direction of the signal to the application target. We designed three different signal analysis units depending on the threshold type. The developed system can sense the direction to the transponder located over 10 m away within the maximum error of $5^{\circ}$. It falls within a reasonable range in our normal office environment.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.32 no.7B
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• pp.448-454
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• 2007

This paper proposes an estimation method of number of tags which may be necessary in improving anti-collision performance for ALOHA-based RFID systems. In ALOHA-based anti-collision algorithms, since the performance of the multi tag identification can be improved by allocating the optimal slot size corresponding to the number of tags, it is needed to exactly estimate the number of tags. The proposed method uses the a priori knowledge of the relation between the expectation of the number of empty slots and the number of tags. After measuring the number of empty slots in one ROUND, we estimate the number of tags which corresponds to the expectation of the number of empty slots nearest to the measured one. Simulation results show that the proposed method is superior to conventional methods in terms of the estimation accuracy and the computational complexity.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.1294-1301
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• 2008

Under passive RFID environment, this paper presents a new localization of a mobile robot traversing over the floor covered with tags, which is superior to existing methods in terms of estimation performance and cost effectiveness. Basically, it is assumed that a mobile robot is traveling along a series of straight line segments, each segment at a certain constant velocity, and that the number of tags sensed by a mobile robot at each sampling instant is at most one. First, for a given line segment with known starting point, the velocity and position of a mobile robot is estimated using the spatial and temporal information acquired from the traversed tag. Some discussions are made on the validity of the basic assumptions and the localization for the initial segment with unknown starting point. Second, for a given tag distribution density, the optimal tag arrangement is considered to reduce the position estimation error as well as to make easy the tag attachment on the floor. After reviewing typical tag arrangements, the pseudorandom tag arrangement is devised inspired from the Sudoku puzzle, a number placement puzzle. Third, through experiments using our passive RFID localization system, the validity and performance of the mobile robot localization proposed in this paper is demonstrated.