[this article was previously posted at the Dash7.org web site blog – http://dash7.org/blog/] In this series on interoperability for Active RFID, we have discussed: The value of standards, Where will the value be derived, How can that value be delivered, Why hasn’t this been done

This is our fifth post of this series on interoperable active RFID and the ISO 18000-7 standard.  So far, we have discussed how the standard allows true interoperability in the active RFID technology environment and we have discussed where the value of that standard can be derived in

This is our fourth post on interoperable active RFID and the ISO 18000-7 standard.  So far, we have discussed how the standard allows true interoperability in the active RFID technology environment and we have discussed where the value of that standard can be derived in the internatio

This is our third post on interoperable active RFID and the ISO 18000-7 standard. So far, we have discussed how the standard allows true interoperability in the active RFID technology environment and we have discussed where the value of that standard can be derived in the internationa

In our last post, we discussed how the adoption of ISO standard 18000-7:2008 by the US DoD and NATO as allowed interoperability between different active RFID manufacturers for the first time. What we didn’t really address is the “so what” factor. Where does this standard deliver value

Active RFID is the style of RFID that has been around the longest. It has remained, until the 18000-7 standard, a world of conflicting proprietary approaches ranging from frequency choice to low level protocol nuts and bolts. Over the years the read ranges have climbed from a couple o