Radio Frequency Identification Systems: Development and Integration Experiences in Developing Economy

Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as an inexpensive auto–identification systems have been applied to numerous areas of applications including healthcare, transportation manufacturing and hospitality industry. RFID technology facilitates automatic wireless identification and tracking using passive and active electronic tags with suitable readers. This paper presents an enhancement and expansion to previous student attendance application in [1] to selected industrial applications for successful integration and implementation of RFID auto-identification applications. These industrial applications are Campus and City wide offline RFID based payment, Library book circulation, Cattle tax payment collection Electronic-Thrift collection, and Car park control and fee collection. Progress made so far from these case studies have shown a positive social-economic impact in the target communities with the formation of a fast-growing startup company named Sanwotouch2Pay limited and direct and indirect value-added job creation.; the application records wide acceptance because of its positive user experience.