**IMS PROGRAM**

**Outline Proposal**

**Submitted by: ATI**

**Date: July 1, 2005**

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| **1. Ref.        |           | **2.          | RFID                 |
| Number**         |           | Acronym**     |                      |
+------------------+-----------+---------------+----------------------+
| **3. Full        | Radio     |               |                      |
| Title**          | Frequency |               |                      |
|                  | Ident     |               |                      |
|                  | ification |               |                      |
|                  | tags --   |               |                      |
|                  | Passi     |               |                      |
|                  | ve/Active |               |                      |
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| **4. Theme**     | In        |               |                      |
|                  | dependent |               |                      |
|                  | market    |               |                      |
|                  | analyst   |               |                      |
|                  | predicts  |               |                      |
|                  | that      |               |                      |
|                  | radio     |               |                      |
|                  | frequency |               |                      |
|                  | ident     |               |                      |
|                  | ification |               |                      |
|                  | (RFID)    |               |                      |
|                  | te        |               |                      |
|                  | chnology, |               |                      |
|                  | including |               |                      |
|                  | hardware, |               |                      |
|                  | software  |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | services  |               |                      |
|                  | across    |               |                      |
|                  | all       |               |                      |
|                  | v         |               |                      |
|                  | erticals, |               |                      |
|                  | will be a |               |                      |
|                  | \$6.1     |               |                      |
|                  | billion   |               |                      |
|                  | market by |               |                      |
|                  | 2010,     |               |                      |
|                  | three     |               |                      |
|                  | times     |               |                      |
|                  | that of   |               |                      |
|                  | today.    |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | RFID and  |               |                      |
|                  | all       |               |                      |
|                  | automatic |               |                      |
|                  | ident     |               |                      |
|                  | ification |               |                      |
|                  | and data  |               |                      |
|                  | capture   |               |                      |
|                  | t         |               |                      |
|                  | echniques |               |                      |
|                  | have four |               |                      |
|                  | types of  |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | that must |               |                      |
|                  | be        |               |                      |
|                  | a         |               |                      |
|                  | ddressed. |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 1\.       |               |                      |
|                  | T         |               |                      |
|                  | echnology |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | such as   |               |                      |
|                  | those     |               |                      |
|                  | being     |               |                      |
|                  | developed |               |                      |
|                  | within    |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | JTC 1/SC  |               |                      |
|                  | 31/WG 4,  |               |                      |
|                  | spe       |               |                      |
|                  | cifically |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 18000,    |               |                      |
|                  | Part 6    |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 18000,    |               |                      |
|                  | Part 7.   |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 2\. Data  |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | such as   |               |                      |
|                  | those     |               |                      |
|                  | being     |               |                      |
|                  | developed |               |                      |
|                  | within    |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | JTC 1/SC  |               |                      |
|                  | 31/WG 2,  |               |                      |
|                  | spe       |               |                      |
|                  | cifically |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 15434,    |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 15418,    |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 15459.    |               |                      |
|                  | Here is   |               |                      |
|                  | where the |               |                      |
|                  | standa    |               |                      |
|                  | rdization |               |                      |
|                  | of the    |               |                      |
|                  | E         |               |                      |
|                  | lectronic |               |                      |
|                  | Product   |               |                      |
|                  | Code      |               |                      |
|                  | (EPC)     |               |                      |
|                  | would     |               |                      |
|                  | best be   |               |                      |
|                  | a         |               |                      |
|                  | ddressed. |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 3\.       |               |                      |
|                  | Co        |               |                      |
|                  | nformance |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | such as   |               |                      |
|                  | those     |               |                      |
|                  | being     |               |                      |
|                  | developed |               |                      |
|                  | within    |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | JTC 1/SC  |               |                      |
|                  | 31/WG 3,  |               |                      |
|                  | spe       |               |                      |
|                  | cifically |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 18047,    |               |                      |
|                  | Part 6    |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | ISO/IEC   |               |                      |
|                  | 18047,    |               |                      |
|                  | Part 7.   |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 4. Ap     |               |                      |
|                  | plication |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | such as   |               |                      |
|                  | those     |               |                      |
|                  | being     |               |                      |
|                  | developed |               |                      |
|                  | within    |               |                      |
|                  | the ISO   |               |                      |
|                  | TC 122    |               |                      |
|                  | (Packa    |               |                      |
|                  | ging)/104 |               |                      |
|                  | (Freight  |               |                      |
|                  | C         |               |                      |
|                  | ontainer) |               |                      |
|                  | Joint     |               |                      |
|                  | Working   |               |                      |
|                  | Group,    |               |                      |
|                  | spe       |               |                      |
|                  | cifically |               |                      |
|                  | ISO 17363 |               |                      |
|                  | (Supply   |               |                      |
|                  | Chain     |               |                      |
|                  | App       |               |                      |
|                  | lications |               |                      |
|                  | of RFID - |               |                      |
|                  | Freight   |               |                      |
|                  | Con       |               |                      |
|                  | tainers), |               |                      |
|                  | ISO 17364 |               |                      |
|                  | (Supply   |               |                      |
|                  | Chain     |               |                      |
|                  | App       |               |                      |
|                  | lications |               |                      |
|                  | of RFID - |               |                      |
|                  | R         |               |                      |
|                  | eturnable |               |                      |
|                  | Transport |               |                      |
|                  | Items),   |               |                      |
|                  | ISO 17365 |               |                      |
|                  | (Supply   |               |                      |
|                  | Chain     |               |                      |
|                  | App       |               |                      |
|                  | lications |               |                      |
|                  | of RFID - |               |                      |
|                  | Transport |               |                      |
|                  | Units),   |               |                      |
|                  | ISO 17366 |               |                      |
|                  | (Supply   |               |                      |
|                  | Chain     |               |                      |
|                  | App       |               |                      |
|                  | lications |               |                      |
|                  | of RFID - |               |                      |
|                  | Product   |               |                      |
|                  | Pa        |               |                      |
|                  | ckaging), |               |                      |
|                  | ISO 17367 |               |                      |
|                  | (Supply   |               |                      |
|                  | Chain     |               |                      |
|                  | App       |               |                      |
|                  | lications |               |                      |
|                  | of RFID - |               |                      |
|                  | Product   |               |                      |
|                  | Tagging)  |               |                      |
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| **5. Keywords**  | Active,   |               |                      |
|                  | passive,  |               |                      |
|                  | speci     |               |                      |
|                  | fication, |               |                      |
|                  | standard, |               |                      |
|                  | tag       |               |                      |
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| **6.             | With the  |               |                      |
| Description**    | advent of |               |                      |
|                  | low cost, |               |                      |
|                  | passive   |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | active    |               |                      |
|                  | RFID tag  |               |                      |
|                  | t         |               |                      |
|                  | echnology |               |                      |
|                  | the       |               |                      |
|                  | demand    |               |                      |
|                  | from both |               |                      |
|                  | the       |               |                      |
|                  | i         |               |                      |
|                  | ndustrial |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | consumer  |               |                      |
|                  | ma        |               |                      |
|                  | rketplace |               |                      |
|                  | is        |               |                      |
|                  | strong.   |               |                      |
|                  | However,  |               |                      |
|                  | the RFID  |               |                      |
|                  | tag does  |               |                      |
|                  | suffer    |               |                      |
|                  | from the  |               |                      |
|                  | lack of   |               |                      |
|                  | i         |               |                      |
|                  | ndustrial |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | consume   |               |                      |
|                  | r-centric |               |                      |
|                  | global    |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | that are  |               |                      |
|                  | still     |               |                      |
|                  | evolving. |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | Today     |               |                      |
|                  | there are |               |                      |
|                  | numerous  |               |                      |
|                  | manu      |               |                      |
|                  | facturers |               |                      |
|                  | of the    |               |                      |
|                  | RFID      |               |                      |
|                  | tags;     |               |                      |
|                  | but, not  |               |                      |
|                  | all are   |               |                      |
|                  | su        |               |                      |
|                  | bscribing |               |                      |
|                  | to a      |               |                      |
|                  | uniform   |               |                      |
|                  | set of    |               |                      |
|                  | s         |               |                      |
|                  | tandards. |               |                      |
|                  | This lack |               |                      |
|                  | of        |               |                      |
|                  | uniform   |               |                      |
|                  | inte      |               |                      |
|                  | rnational |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  | has       |               |                      |
|                  | created a |               |                      |
|                  | problem   |               |                      |
|                  | which     |               |                      |
|                  | will only |               |                      |
|                  | manifest  |               |                      |
|                  | as RFID   |               |                      |
|                  | products  |               |                      |
|                  | begin to  |               |                      |
|                  | flow      |               |                      |
|                  | across    |               |                      |
|                  | global    |               |                      |
|                  | regions   |               |                      |
|                  | and       |               |                      |
|                  | across    |               |                      |
|                  | i         |               |                      |
|                  | ndustrial |               |                      |
|                  | sectors.  |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | This RFID |               |                      |
|                  | project   |               |                      |
|                  | intends   |               |                      |
|                  | to focus  |               |                      |
|                  | on the    |               |                      |
|                  | following |               |                      |
|                  | areas:    |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 1.  Drive |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  |    global |               |                      |
|                  |     comp  |               |                      |
|                  | atibility |               |                      |
|                  |     of    |               |                      |
|                  |     RFID  |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | standards |               |                      |
|                  |     to    |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  |   include |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | frequency |               |                      |
|                  |     al    |               |                      |
|                  | location. |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 2.  Drive |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  |    global |               |                      |
|                  |     a     |               |                      |
|                  | cceptance |               |                      |
|                  |     of    |               |                      |
|                  |     RFID  |               |                      |
|                  |     data  |               |                      |
|                  |     s     |               |                      |
|                  | tructure. |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | 3.        |               |                      |
|                  |   Provide |               |                      |
|                  |     for   |               |                      |
|                  |     logic |               |                      |
|                  |     and   |               |                      |
|                  |     data  |               |                      |
|                  |     c     |               |                      |
|                  | ollection |               |                      |
|                  |     de    |               |                      |
|                  | velopment |               |                      |
|                  |     to    |               |                      |
|                  |     allow |               |                      |
|                  |     the   |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  |    supply |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  |  networks |               |                      |
|                  |     to    |               |                      |
|                  |     track |               |                      |
|                  |     from  |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | inception |               |                      |
|                  |     to    |               |                      |
|                  |     usage |               |                      |
|                  |     of    |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  |  products |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
|                  | utilizing |               |                      |
|                  |     the   |               |                      |
|                  |     RFID  |               |                      |
|                  |     tag.  |               |                      |
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| **7. Contact     |           |               |                      |
| details of the   |           |               |                      |
| proposing        |           |               |                      |
| party**          |           |               |                      |
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| Chuck Anderson   |           |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
| ATI              |           |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
| <anders          |           |               |                      |
| onc@aticorp.org> |           |               |                      |
|                  |           |               |                      |
| \(843\) 760-3588 |           |               |                      |
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