Title: RAIN enabled smartphones: challenges and opportunities
Abstract: UHF passive RFID (RAIN technology) has been designed to improve supply chain visibility by enabling high speed and accurate inventories. RAIN is widely deployed on products within manufacturing, logistics and sales, where the tags are read at ranges of up to ten meters to facilitate automation and manual operations as controlled by widely deployed information systems. Emerging legislation such as the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) will result in RAIN tags becoming embedded in many everyday products, including textiles, to drive the circular economy and reduce the harm of consumerism. The combination of consumer RFID readers (smartphones), and embedded RAIN tags will unlock new business opportunities and take technology adoption to the next level. In order to achieve these goals, several technical challenges need to be resolved (e.g., antenna integration and directivity, near field operation, automatic tag detection, tag data reporting, etc.). The presentation will list most important challenges to be addressed and seek for the support of the academic community in resolving them.
Dr. Claude Tételin is currently Senior Director in the AIDC team at GS1 Global Office. He received his PhD from University of Lille in France in 1996 and began his carrier as full professor of wireless telecommunications and RF engineering at ISEN-Toulon where he specialized in NFC and RAIN technologies. During 10+ years, he was Technical Director of the French RFID National Centre. His main tasks were to support the implementation of RFID technologies. He is currently involved in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31 work groups and is Project Editor of RFID conformance and performance standards. Since 2015, he has been chairman of the European standardization committee CEN/TC225. Since January 2019, he has joined GS1 Global Office as Subject Matter Expert for EPC/RFID standards and is the Project Editor of GS1 Gen2 Air Interface Protocol.
Boris Vigaud is an Arts et Métiers engineer with 29 years of experience in the high-tech industry. He began his career in the design of optronic systems before moving into management positions in strategic purchasing, within leading technology companies (THALES, LYNRED, SOITEC, etc.). These experiences have allowed him to acquire a global vision of industrial challenges and innovation. For the past 3 years, he has been Managing Director of PRIMO1D, a company specializing in embedded electronic solutions, where he supports his team in the development of disruptive technologies for multiple sectors