Senior Project Computer Engineering 2006 Incorporating RFID Technology

Senior Project – Computer Engineering - 2006 Incorporating RFID Technology into Airport Checkpoints By Dan Spoor and John Kraemer Advisor Professor Rudko Current Time Based System Objectives • Improve Throughput and Efficiency • Decrease Cost • Improve security Implementation of RFID based Routing Total Cost • RFID reader and antenna costs $2400 retail. This is a vast improvement over Lockheed time-based system which it estimates at costing between $5000 and $6000. Efficiency • Alien technologies tags are not sensitive to tag orientation. • Because of the propagation patterns of the Alien technology antennas, an antenna on the right side of the system will never read a tag from a person standing on the left side of the system, and vice-versa • Because UHF tags are being used, the person would have to stand over 15 feet away from the system for the antenna to not read the tags. Throughput • Security personnel can re-scan luggage without disrupting the diversion mechanism since it is no longer time based Security • System can be easily modified with more antennas to ensure that a person does not exit the system with someone else’s luggage. Future Work • Physically assemble the project • Further improvement by providing RFID antennas at various locations throughout the airport and having them communicate with each other