CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. What is RFID
3. Asset Tracking
4. Working of RFID
5. Block Diagram
6. Applications
7. Advantages and Disadvantages
8. Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
• In last few years RFID technology has become a major driver
for various business like logistics, supply chain management and
access control.

• Many of these applications have based on successful

implementations of RFID tags but on reader’s side we show how
semi-passive tags helps implementing and attacking security
enhanced RFID.

• It has various security and privacy concerns, which is due to the

inherent vulnerabilities in the architecture of the RFID system..

• Asset Tracking uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

technology to locate assets.
 WHAT IS RFID?

•Radio Frequency Identification

•Uses Radio Frequency waves to transfer data between a
reader and a tag to identify, categorize, track...
•One form of Automatic Identification
•RFID is fast reliable and does not require physical sight or
contact between reader/scanner and the tagged item.
•Provides unique identification or serial number of an
object (pallets, cases, items, animals, humans
•Some of the large companies like Microsoft and Walmart
are mandating their suppliers to use RFIDs to cut their
warehousing costs and other relating expenses
 ASSET TRACKING

• Asset tracking refers

the method of tracking
physical assets, either
by scanning barcode
labels attached to the
assets or by using tags
Using , RFID which
broadcast their location. These technology can also be used
for indoor tracking of persons wearing a tag.
• An asset tracking system can record the location and
usage of the assets and generate various reports.
HOW DOES A TAG LOOKS LIKE?
Passive: gets energy from reader
Active: battery powered
Semi-passive: Battery and energy
from reader the Semi-passive tags
are mainly targeted for the security
and privacy attacks
 WORKING
• The tag contains the specific serial number for one specific
object.

• To read the information encoded on a tag, a two-way radio

transmitter-receiver called an interrogator or reader emits a
signal to the tag using an antenna.

• The tag responds with the information written in its

memory bank.

• The interrogator will then transmit the read results to an

RFID computer program.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
 Some of the Applications
People/ Animal Tracking Library management

Manufacturing or Supply Chain Management

 Recent Innovation
• Small RFID chip, here compared to a grain of rice, is
incorporated in consumer products and implanted in pets
for identification purposes.
 Advantages
Inventory efficiency
Vulnerability to
damage minimized
Easy to use
High memory capacity
Cannot be easily replicated and
therefore, it increases the
security of the product.
Simple to install/inject inside liquids and metal products.
the body of animals/human
beings.
Disadvantages
Security concerns like
possibility of unauthorized
reading of passports and
credit cards.
More expensive than
barcode system
Unread tags
Doesn’t work properly on
 CONCLUSION

• In this research, we identified the various challenges

facing RFID Card, with careful references.
• We also highlighted the diverse application areas of the
RFID technology.
 Any Questions..???

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in location aware computing environments, IEEE
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 A. Beresford and F. Stajano, Location privacy in
pervasive computing, IEEE Pervasive Computing,
2011.
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