Literature review on sources of interference and proposed solutions for RFID installations in complex production and logistics processes in the automotive industry

Abstract

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is used in complex production and logistics processes in the automotive industry. One of the biggest challenges with RFID installations is the bad performance, especially the low read rates. One reason for the low read rates are sources of interference. In order to reduce sources of interference in RFID installations, these and possible solutions must first be known. Therefore, in this paper a literature review was conducted to identify the known sources of interference and proposed solutions for RFID installations in the automotive sector. These were divided into the four categories RFID components, electrical signals, physical environment and environmental influences. In addition, this paper presents a procedure for reducing sources of interference in RFID installations. With this information, a company can build up know-how and support the reduction of interference sources in RFID installations, which in turn increases the read rate.