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by Steven Shepard (Author)
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TAG THE HOTTEST GROWTH IN WIRELESS
With a predicted $10-billion market over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology with an eager new audience--retailers. From global giant Wal-Mart down, RFID is being adapted to track inventories via microchip-tagged products. Popular technology writer Steven Shepard's RFID gives you an inside look at the entire arena, from the technology's staggering capabilities and potential, through insightful coverage of issues from vendors, implementation, and monitoring, to possible technical conflicts, market forecasts, and security.
A must-read for both technical types and retailers, this book's need-to-know contents include:
Defining RFID - Underlying Technologies - Technological Competitors - Future RFID Applications - RFID/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence - Implementation - Potential Roadblocks - RFID Security - RFID Chips, Readers, and Applications Sets - Short- and Long-Term Forecasts
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TAG THE HOTTEST GROWTH IN WIRELESS
With a predicted $10-billion market over the next decade, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a booming new wireless technology with an eager new audience--retailers. From global giant Wal-Mart down, RFID is being adapted to track inventories via microchip-tagged products. Popular technology writer Steven Shepard's RFID gives you an inside look at the entire arena, from the technology's staggering capabilities and potential, through insightful coverage of issues from vendors, implementation, and monitoring, to possible technical conflicts, market forecasts, and security.
A must-read for both technical types and retailers, this book's need-to-know contents include:
Defining RFID - Underlying Technologies - Technological Competitors - Future RFID Applications - RFID/3G/Bluetooth Coexistence - Implementation - Potential Roadblocks - RFID Security - RFID Chips, Readers, and Applications Sets - Short- and Long-Term Forecasts
Author Biography
Steven Shepard is a professional writer and educator who specializes in international telecommunications. Formerly with Hill Associates, now president of Shepard Communications Group, he is the author of a number of well-received technical books including Telecom Crash Course, Telecom Convergence, SONET/SDH Demystified, and Optical Networking Crash Course. He lives and works in Williston, Vermont.
