ISO/IEC 18000-6:2010 Information technology — Radio frequency identification for item management — Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz
This part of ISO/IEC 18000 defines the air interface for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices operating
in the 860 MHz to 960 MHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band used in item management
applications. It provides a common technical specification for RFID devices that can be used by ISO
committees developing RFID application standards. This part of ISO/IEC 18000 is intended to allow for
compatibility and to encourage inter-operability of products for the growing RFID market in the international
marketplace. It defines the forward and return link parameters for technical attributes including, but not limited
to, operating frequency, operating channel accuracy, occupied channel bandwidth, maximum effective
isotropic radiated power (EIRP), spurious emissions, modulation, duty cycle, data coding, bit rate, bit rate
accuracy, bit transmission order, and, where appropriate, operating channels, frequency hop rate, hop
sequence, spreading sequence, and chip rate. It further defines the communications protocol used in the air
interface.
This part of ISO/IEC 18000 specifies the physical and logical requirements for a passive-backscatter,
Interrogator-Talks-First (ITF) or tag-talks-only-after-listening (TOTAL) RFID system. The system comprises
Interrogators, and tags, also known as labels. An Interrogator receives information from a tag by transmitting a
continuous-wave (CW) RF signal to the tag; the tag responds by modulating the reflection coefficient of its
antenna, thereby backscattering an information signal to the Interrogator. The system is ITF, meaning that a
tag modulates its antenna reflection coefficient with an information signal only after being directed to do so by
an Interrogator, or TOTAL, meaning that a tag modulates its antenna reflection coefficient with an information
signal upon entering an Interrogator's field after first listening for Interrogator modulation in order to determine
if the system is ITF or not.
In detail, this part of ISO/IEC 18000 contains one mode with four types. The detailed technical differences
between the four types are shown in the associated parameter tables.
Types A, B and C are ITF. Type A uses Pulse-Interval Encoding (PIE) in the forward link and an adaptive
ALOHA collision-arbitration algorithm. Type B uses Manchester in the forward link and an adaptive binary-tree
collision-arbitration algorithm. Type C uses PIE in the forward link and a random slotted collision-arbitration
algorithm.
Type D is TOTAL based on Pulse Position Encoding or Miller M=2 encoded subcarrier.
This part of ISO/IEC 18000 specifies
? physical interactions (the signalling layer of the communication link) between Interrogators and tags,
? Interrogator and tag operating procedures and commands,
? the collision arbitration scheme used to identify a specific tag in a multiple-tag environment.
ISO/IEC 18000-6:2010 history
2013ISO/IEC 18000-6:2013 Information technology - Radio frequency identification for item management - Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz General
2010ISO/IEC 18000-6:2010 Information technology — Radio frequency identification for item management — Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz
2006ISO/IEC 18000-6:2004/Amd 1:2006 Information technology - Radio frequency identification for item management - Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz - Amendment 1: Extension with Type C and update of Types A and B
2004ISO/IEC 18000-6:2004 Information technology - Radio frequency identification for item management - Part 6: Parameters for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz