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7.7 Variation of Synchronization ......................................................................................... 135
7.7.1 Separation of Transmitting and Receiving Channels ...................................... 135
7.7.2 Separation of RFID and Non-RFID Signals ...................................................... 136
7.8 Synchronization in the United States............................................................................ 136
7.9 Updated Progress on Development of RFID Reader Synchronization ................... 137
7.10 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 137
References................................................................................................................................... 138
7.1 Introduction
Radio frequency identi?¬?cation (RFID) has received much attention recently as it is widely
believed that RFID can revolutionize supply chain management, complementing bar codes
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as the main object-tracking system. Several major supply chain operators and retailers,
such as Wal-Mart in the United States, have deployed RFID systems in some of their
supply chains (Roberti, 2004).
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