Battery Assisted PassiveBattery Assist Passive RFID is passive RFID equipped with an additional battery providing extended read ranges and allowing for some data logging (typically temperature / humidity) even when tags are not within read range.

Real Time Locate SystemsReal Time Locate Systems are systems (either passive or active) that provide some for of location information in 1D – 2D or 3D where a unique asset is within a confined (covered) area.

Radio Signal Strength IndicatorThe radio signal strength indicator is a value that provides an indication of the strength a signal at a specific distance from the transmit/receive point.   Although it allows for rough distance ranging, it is very much depending on many environmental facts and as such in many cases should not be used as a highly reliable indicator of distance / location.

Low Level Reader ProtocolThe LLRP is a protocol, ratified by EPCGlobal in 2007, that is intended to standardize the network interface of the RFID readers to allow developers to have a common programmatic interface to the readers for different manufacturers.   (http://llrp.org/)

Returnable Transport Items RTI’s are items to move materials (parts,tools,goods) between locations and can re-used over and over again.      Most of the time they are used in closed loop logistics where they move between the ‘field’  and a central location.   Examples of RTI’s include bins, kegs, pallets, racks,…

A dogbone tag is a tag of which the shape of the antenna looks like a dogbone (see picture below).    These types of tags seem to have a good tolerance against the detuning effect of high di-electric materials making it a very interesting tag for global supply chain and RTI solutions

A frog tag looks like a four-leaf clover, because of its design it seems to be completely orientation insensitive

Flag tags are tags of which part of the label can be folded out like a flag to improve read performance on difficult materials like metals or liquids, or possible also difficult curve surfaces