Report: RFID Opportunities: Markets & Technologies in Western Europe TOC

Introduction
RFID Technology and Systems: The Components of an RFID System; Characteristics of RFID Tags; The RFID Standards Debate; International Standards for RFID; European Standards Issues; EPCglobal
RFID Industry Participants: Key RFID Suppliers
The Opportunities for RFID in Europe: Market Applications; Initiatives by Country; European Wide Initiatives
Challenges of Implementing RFID: Item versus Pallet and Case Tagging
RFID Revenue Opportunities

Applications of RFID
Location Tracking: Baggage Tracking; People Tracking; Animal Tracking; Other Asset Tracking; Containers & Transportation; Laundry Services; Postal and Parcel Services
Telemetry: Manufacturing Processes
Supply Chain Management: Logistics & Distribution; Retail Sector Applications; Product Recall
Post Sale Service: Waste Management
Fraud Management: Financial Services; Drug Authentication; Transport Sector
Conclusion

History
System Overview: RFID Tags; Operation of RFID
Competing Technologies: Barcodes; Electronic Article Surveillance Tags
Multiple Readers and Tags: Sharing the Same Physical Space; Issues Raised
The Components of an RFID System: Example of an RFID System in Operation
The Supply Chain: Five Stages of a Retail Product s Life; Technology Employed in an RFID System

Transponders and Interrogators
Tag Classifications: Frequency of Operation; Source of Power; Passive Tags; Active Tags; Semi-passive Tags; Read/Write Capabilities
Radio Propagation ? Near Field and Far Field Communications: The Near Field Communications (NFC) Forum
One-Bit Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Devices
Multi-Bit RFID Tags: Tag Capabilities; New Developments
Data Communications: Full Duplex (FDX) and Half Duplex (HDX)
Communicating with Many Tags: How Tags Communicate; Tag Talks First Approach; Reader Talks First Approach
Contention and Collision: Space Division; Frequency Division; Time Division; Aloha Protocols; Use of Aloha in EPCglobal Specifications; Binary Tree Searching
Authentication and Security

Introduction
International Standards for RFID: International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO); International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee; Radio Spectrum Assignment
European Standards for RFID: European Conference of Postal & Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT); European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Spectrum Availability for RFID in Europe
Available Spectrum in the UHF band around 900MHz: Duty Cycle and Listen Before Talk (LBT); The Difference between ERP and EIRP; Spectrum Availability in ITU Region 3 (Asian and Pacific Ocean Countries)
EPCglobal and the Auto-ID Center: Key Technological Components; Electronic Product Code (EPC); ID System; EPC Middleware; Object Name Service (ONS); EPC Information Systems (EPC-IS); EPC Discovery Service; Current Status of EPCglobal Standards; Electronic Product Code (EPC) Structure; EPCglobal Tag Types and Standards
Human Safety Requirements
Conclusions

RIFD Landscape: Chip Manufacturer; Tag & Transponder Manufacturer; RFID Readers; Label Converting and Printing; Label Converters; Smart Label Printers; Printronix; KSW Microtec; Zebra Technologies; Resellers
RFID Middleware Providers: Enterprise Applications; Packaged Application Specialists; Consultants and Systems Integrators (SI); Independent Consultants; Full Service Consultants; Retailer/Customers
RFID Managed Service: BT Auto-ID; Trenstar
RFID End to End Solutions: ADT Tyco; Tagsys
Conclusion

United Kingdom: Chipping of Goods Initiative; Demonstrator Projects; RFID Centre; Other Retail Sector Applications; Trials by Major Chain Stores; Libraries; Traffic Congestion; Industrial Applications; Brewing Industry; Container Handling; Postal Service
Germany: Metro Group Initiative; Other Initiatives; Brewing Industry; Aviation Services; Transport Systems; Postal Services; Sports Tickets
France: RFID Initiatives; Retail Distribution; Newspaper Distribution; Library; Smart Tracing Consortium; L Echangeur; IBM s RFID Testing Centre
Netherlands: RFID Initiatives; Flower Auctions; Returnable Transport Items; Retail Shrinkage; Libraries; Aviation Services; Public Transport Network
Spain: RFID Initiatives; Payment Services; Animal Tracking; Retail Tagging; Distribution using Pallets
Italy: RFID Initiatives; Retail; Vatican Library
Rest of Europe: Greece; Denmark; Sweden; Portugal; Austria; Sports Racing & Public Transport
EU Initiatives: The US Approach; EU Programmes
Conclusions

Technical Issues: Competing technologies; Technology Standards and Interoperability; Reliability of Technology/Maturity of Technology; Accuracy of Reading Tags; Tag Data "Snooping"; Spectrum Congestion/Frequency Availability; Environmental Issues (Heat, Moisture); Data Integration; Volume of Data Produced
Economic Issues: Return on Investment; Cost of Implementation; Data Sharing Between Supply Chain Partners; Data Volumes
Legal Issues: RFID Patents
Environmental Issues: Disposal of Tag
Privacy and Data Protection: North America; Europe; The Privacy Debate
Conclusions

Benefits of Implementing RFID: Better Inventory Management; Reduced Errors in the Supply Chain; Improved Product Recalls; Reduced Counterfeiting of Goods; Single Dataflow Benefits; Reduced Shrinkage
Scope of RFID Implementation: Item vs. Case tagging; Project Planning; Hardware Considerations; Data Considerations; Print and Label Considerations; Enterprise Software and Systems Integration; Process Issues; Organisation Skills and Expertise
Conclusion

Global Market: Shipment of RFID Tags; Unit Prices for RFID Tags; Revenues from RFID Tags, Readers, Software & Services; Other Revenue Opportunies
Western European Market: Shipment of RFID Tags; Unit Prices for RFID Tags; Revenues from RFID Tags, Readers, Software & Services
Germany: Shipment of RFID Tags; Unit Prices for RFID Tags; Revenues from RFID Tags, Readers, Software & Services
France: Shipment of RFID Tags; Unit Prices for RFID Tags; Revenues from RFID Tags, Readers, Software & Services
UK: Shipment of RFID Tags; Unit Prices for RFID Tags; Revenues from RFID Tags, Readers, Software & Services
Rest of Western Europe: Shipment of RFID Tags; Unit Prices for RFID Tags; Revenues from RFID Tags, Readers, Software & Services
Market Sector Split ? Western Europe: Revenue by Market Sector; Retail; Pharmaceutical and Healthcare; Mass Transportation; Supply Chain; Other Sectors; Summary

Appendix 1: How Tags Work: One-Bit Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Tags; Electromagnetic EAS Device; Low Frequency EAS Device Using Frequency Division; High Frequency EAS Device; Microwave Frequency EAS Device using Varicap Diode; Multi-bit RFID tags; Low Frequency RFID Tag Using Inductive Coupling; High Frequency RFID Tag Using Load Modulation; UHF RFID Tag using Backscatter; Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) RFID Tag
Appendix 2: ERP and EIRP: Relevance to RFID
Appendix 3: List of Vendors
Appendix 4: Companies Mentioned in the Report

RFID Opportunities: Markets & Technologies in Western Europe