CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 18000-2-05

Preface

Standards development within the Information Technology sector is harmonized with international standards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT), Canadians serve as the Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) on ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1) for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the ISO member body for Canada and sponsor of the Canadian National Committee of the IEC. Also, as a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Canada participates in the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (ITU-T).

At the time of publication, ISO/IEC 18000-2:2004 is available from ISO and IEC in English only. CSA will publish the French version when it becomes available from ISO and IEC.

Scope

This part of ISO/IEC 18000 defines the air interface for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices operating below 135 kHz used in item management applications. Its purpose is to provide a common technical specification for RFID devices to allow for compatibility and to encourage inter-operability of products for the growing RFID market in the international marketplace.

This part defines the forward and return link parameters for technical attributes including, but not limited to, operating frequency, operating channel accuracy, occupied channel bandwidth, spurious emissions, modulation, duty cycle, data coding, bit rate, bit rate accuracy, bit transmission order. It further defines the communications protocol used in the air interface.

This part contains two types. The detailed technical differences between the types are shown in the parameter tables.

This part of ISO/IEC 18000 specifies - The physical layer that is used for communication between the interrogator and the tag. - The protocol and the commands - The method to detect and communicate with one tag among several tags (anti-collision)

It specifies two types of tags: Type A (FDX) and Type B (HDX).

These two types differ only by their physical layer. Both types support the same anti-collision and protocol. FDX tags are permanently powered by the interrogator, including during the tag-to-interrogator transmission. They operate at 125 kHz. HDX tags are powered by the interrogator, except during the tag-to-interrogator transmission. They operate at 134,2 kHz. An alternative operating frequency is described in Annex B. An optional anti-collision mechanism is described in Annex D.