Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is witnessing a recent explosion of
development in both industry and academia. A number of applications include supply
chain management, electronic payments, RFID passports, environmental monitoring
and control, office access control, intelligent labels, target detection and tracking, port
management, food production control, animal identification, and so on. RFID is also
an indispensable foundation to realize the pervasive computing paradigm—“Internet of
things.” It is strongly believed that many more scenarios will be identified when the
principles of RFID are thoroughly understood, cheap components available, and when
RFID security is guaranteed.
