Patent ID: 8610541

Claim:
A method for monitoring one or more wireless channels of a radio frequency identification network, comprising: reading one or more radio frequency identification reference tags periodically to obtain radio frequency identification reference tag reading results for each time interval of a plurality of time intervals; and processing the radio frequency identification reference tag reading results for monitoring the one or more wireless channels of the radio frequency identification network, wherein the processing comprises: identifying a radio frequency identification reader that provides a last known location of a lost radio frequency identification tagged object being tracked; calculating an average reading confidence level over a predefined time interval for each of a plurality of radio frequency identification readers located near the identified radio frequency identification reader based on the radio frequency identification reference tag reading results, wherein the average reading confidence level for each of the plurality of radio frequency identification readers comprises a success rate for each of the plurality of radio frequency identification readers in reading a set of radio frequency identification tags associated with each of the plurality of radio frequency identification readers over the predefined time interval; determining a radio frequency identification reader of the plurality of radio frequency identification readers located near the identified radio frequency identification reader having a worst average reading confidence level as compared to others of the plurality of radio frequency identification readers located near the identified radio frequency identification reader; and searching for the lost radio frequency identification tagged object at a location proximate to the radio frequency identification reader determined to have the worst average reading confidence level.