A Dog’s Tale on RFID Standards

It is already envisaged that a generation 3 standard will arrive. Standards evolution is not restricted to RFID. It is inherent to the very nature of technology where innovation leads to better ways of doing things. Adopting a “wait and see” approach for final global standardization in any technology sector will mean that you will be watching your competitors pass you by while you are still sitting on the fence, awaiting the elusive final global standard. The best and logical strategy is to recognize that RFID standards will continue to evolve, and to therefore adopt RFID infrastructure solutions which are flexible and adaptable to air-interface communication protocol changes. There are encouraging signs of convergence to truly global RFID standards and global regulatory harmonization. Deployments of RFID products and solutions are increasingly based on ISO standards rather than proprietary offers, cementing the broad adoption of RFID technology around the world.