Patent ID: 8203433
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06K,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for commissioning an RFID network, comprising a number of read/write stations, in which a reader service signal is modulated on a read/write signal which is required for processing a number of electronic tags characterized in that the following steps are carried out: each read/write station transmits at least one test signal, comprising its own station address, on at least one frequency channel, with the test signal being contained as a first sequence in the reader service signal; each read/write station receives, on the available frequency channels, the receivable test signals of adjacent read/write stations and stores a number of parameters of these received test signals in a neighborhood table, comprising a station address, a frequency channel number and a measured signal strength of each receivable, adjacent read/write station; each neighborhood table is received at least by a collecting station, server, read/write station; the at least one collecting station calculates a network structure with structure data and calculates a coordination plan with coordination data using a number of time slots and a number of frequency channels, with a service frequency channel or a service time slot being defined, which are used for servicing purposes by the read/write stations, the at least one collecting station sends to the read/write stations at least appropriate structure data and coordination data for organized, synchronous network operation, so that the read/write stations do not have a disturbing influence on one another.