Information and Communication Technology Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 What is RFID? -- 1.2 A Brief History of RFID -- 1.3 Motivation and Scope of this Book -- 1.4 Notations -- References -- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of RFID Systems -- 2.1 Operating Principles -- 2.2 Passive, Semi-Passive/Semi-Active and Active RFID -- 2.3 Analogue Circuits for RFID -- 2.4 Circuit Analysis for Signal Transfer in RFID -- 2.5 Signal Analysis of RFID Systems -- 2.6 Statistical Channel Models -- 2.7 A Review of RFID Protocol -- 2.8 Challenges in RFID -- 2.9 Summary -- Appendix 2.A Modified Bessel Function of the First Kind -- References -- Chapter 3: Basic Signal Processing for RFID -- 3.1 Bandpass Filters and Their Applications to RFID -- 3.2 Matching Filters and their Applications to RFID -- 3.3 A Review of Optimal Estimation -- 3.4 Summary -- Appendix 3.A Derivation of Poles of the Chebyshev Filter -- References -- Chapter 4: RFID-Oriented Modulation Schemes -- 4.1 A Brief Review of Analogue Modulation -- 4.2 Amplitude- and Phase-Shift Keying and Performance Analysis -- 4.3 Phase-Shift Keying and Performance Analysis -- 4.4 Frequency-Shift Keying and Performance Analysis -- 4.5 Summary -- Appendix 4.A Derivation of SER Formula (4.24) -- Appendix 4.B Derivation of SER Formula (4.40) -- References -- Chapter 5: MIMO for RFID -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 MIMO Principle -- 5.3 Channel Modelling of RFID-MIMO Wireless Systems -- 5.4 Design of Reader Transmit Signals -- 5.5 Space-Time Coding for RFID-MIMO Systems -- 5.6 Differential Space-Time Coding for RFID-MIMO Systems -- 5.7 Summary -- Appendix 5.A Alamouti Space-Time Coding for Narrowband Systems -- Appendix 5.B Definition of Group -- Appendix 5.C Complex Matrix/Vector Gaussian Distribution.

Appendix 5.D Maximum Likelihood Receiver for Unitary STC -- References -- Chapter 6: Blind Signal Processing for RFID -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Channel Model of Multiple-Tag RFID-MIMO Systems -- 6.3 An Analytical Constant Modulus Algorithm -- 6.4 Application of ACMA to Multiple-Tag RFID Systems -- 6.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Anti-Collision of Multiple-Tag RFID Systems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Tree-Splitting Algorithms -- 7.3 Aloha-Based Algorithm -- 7.4 Summary -- Appendix 7.A Inclusion-Exclusion Principle -- Appendix 7.B Probability of Successful Transmissions in Some Particular Time Slots in Aloha -- Appendix 7.C Probability of an Exact Number of Successful Transmissions in Aloha -- References -- Chapter 8: Localization with RFID -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 RFID Localization -- 8.3 RFID Ranging - Frequency-Domain PDoA Approach -- 8.4 RFID AoA Finding - Spatial-Domain PDoA -- 8.5 NLoS Issue -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Some Future Perspectives for RFID -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 UWB Basics -- 9.3 Covert RFID -- 9.4 Chipless RFID -- 9.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.