May 06, 2006
New Standards Work Groups to study High Frequency technologies
EPCglobal Inc(TM) has announced the formation of two new standards development working groups, the HF Air Interface Working Group and the UHF Air Interface Working Group. The groups will work for the creation of an EPglobal Generaton 2 standard for high frequency bands for health applications.
Chris Adcock, president of EPCglobal said;
EPCglobal is happy to begin work on extending the very successful EPCglobal Gen 2 standard to support the healthcare industry. EPCglobal is technology and frequency neutral. Our main objective is to ensure that we have common data structures and command sets to make it easier and less costly to implement.
The groups will focus on the needs of the users and help them in business.
Wal-Mart Chief Information Officer Rollin Ford said;
The EPCglobal UHF Gen 2 standard is our clear choice as we continue to roll out RFID in our supply chain. UHF is the best technology for Wal-Mart at this time. Obviously using one standard will deliver the lowest cost solution for all industries; however if the technical performance and economics support the HF frequency for other industries, then we would support the extension of the EPCglobal Gen 2 standard and data structure to HF for those industries.
Via: [XTVWorld]
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