RFID BASED INDOOR TRACKING SYSTEM

Abstract

The concept of RFID systems has been available for a long time, yet only recently has its potential been recognized in applications of ever-growing demand. The recent popularity of RFID technology is due to its fundamental properties that characterize the production, deployment, and functionality of RFID systems. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been considered as a cost-effective alternative for indoor tracking. It gives the ability to track objects in a certain area specially in an indoor premise. RFID uses tags which uses a radio frequency to transmit its location to a RFID reader. The readers also have their own frequency which after interaction with the tag’s radio frequency can read the data stored in the tags. RFID based Tracking System is designed to track a moving personnel in a indoor area, such as a office premises, college department or college campus. Existing positioning technologies such as GPS does not provide the feature of indoor tracking. The proposed system has hardware and software components. Challenge for detecting human beings in big institutions. Whenever we want to find someone in mobile prohibited area, it is difficult to find them within a short period. This kind of circumstances can be avoided by using RFID technology. This report proposes a method that enables indoor location tracking of personnel by utilizing RFID technology. RFID technology is often leveraged to realize location in a reasonable, power efficient and user friendly manner.