RFID Players Support Reader Protocol Software Development

A group of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology organizations announced their support for the open-source development of EPCglobal-compliant Low-Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) software libraries, which enable EPCglobal UHF Gen 2 communications via the LLRP universal reader-to-network interface. The initial group comprising IBM, Impinj, Intermec, OATSystems, Pramari, Reva Systems and the University of Arkansas is calling for contributions from other organizations or individuals to accelerate adoption and create a rich set of tools in C, Java and other popular programming languages. These tools will enable customers to deploy RFID solutions easily and quickly and reduce long-term deployment costs while providing system flexibility to help unlock the business process impact of RFID technology. The group expects that LLRP development will benefit all end-use RFID application segments including transportation, manufacturing and logistics, supply chain management, point-of-sale, security and asset management.