RFID resilience

A new ISO technical specification has been published which will help to ensure the resilience of RFID tags in transit. In turn this will assist supply chain continuity management and enhance container security.

ISO/TS 10891:2009, ‘Freight containers – Radio frequency identification (RFID) – Licence plate tag’, provides specifications and test methods for RFID devices used for automatic identification of freight containers in supply chains.

This tag is a permanently affixed, read-only tag containing limited data relating only to physical identification and description of the container to which it is affixed. This tag is required to last the lifetime of its associated container.

ISO/TS 10891:2009 establishes:

* A set of requirements for container tags which allow the transfer of information from a container to automatic processing systems by electronic means;
* A data coding system for container identification and container related information which resides within a container tag;
* A data coding system for the electronic transfer of both container identification and container related information from container tags to automatic data processing systems;
* The description of data to be included in container tags for transmission to automatic data processing systems;
* Performance criteria necessary to ensure consistent and reliable operation of container tags within the international transportation community;
* The physical location of container tags on containers;
* Features to inhibit malicious or unintentional alteration and/or deletion of the information content of container tags when installed on a freight container.

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•Date:6th March 2009• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Transport and logistics
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