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Main Authors: Na, Xin, Zhang, Jia, Zhang, Jiacheng, Guo, Xiuzhen, Zou, Yang, Jin, Meng, Sun, Yimiao, Liu, Yunhao, He, Yuan
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03412
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author Na, Xin
Zhang, Jia
Zhang, Jiacheng
Guo, Xiuzhen
Zou, Yang
Jin, Meng
Sun, Yimiao
Liu, Yunhao
He, Yuan
author_facet Na, Xin
Zhang, Jia
Zhang, Jiacheng
Guo, Xiuzhen
Zou, Yang
Jin, Meng
Sun, Yimiao
Liu, Yunhao
He, Yuan
contents Parallelizing passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reading is an arguably crucial, yet unsolved challenge in modern IoT applications. Existing approaches remain limited to time-division operations and fail to read multiple tags simultaneously. In this paper, we introduce QuinID, the first frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) RFID system to achieve fully parallel reading. We innovatively exploit the frequency selectivity of the tag antenna rather than a conventional digital FDMA, bypassing the power and circuitry constraint of RFID tags. Specifically, we delicately design the frequency-selective antenna based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) components to achieve extreme narrow-band response, so that QuinID tags (i.e., QuinTags) operate exclusively within their designated frequency bands. By carefully designing the matching network and canceling various interference, a customized QuinReader communicates simultaneously with multiple QuinTags across distinct bands. QuinID maintains high compatibility with commercial RFID systems and presents a tag cost of less than 10 cents. We implement a 5-band QuinID system and evaluate its performance under various settings. The results demonstrate a fivefold increase in read rate, reaching up to 5000 reads per second.
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spellingShingle QuinID: Enabling FDMA-Based Fully Parallel RFID with Frequency-Selective Antenna
Na, Xin
Zhang, Jia
Zhang, Jiacheng
Guo, Xiuzhen
Zou, Yang
Jin, Meng
Sun, Yimiao
Liu, Yunhao
He, Yuan
Networking and Internet Architecture
Parallelizing passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reading is an arguably crucial, yet unsolved challenge in modern IoT applications. Existing approaches remain limited to time-division operations and fail to read multiple tags simultaneously. In this paper, we introduce QuinID, the first frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) RFID system to achieve fully parallel reading. We innovatively exploit the frequency selectivity of the tag antenna rather than a conventional digital FDMA, bypassing the power and circuitry constraint of RFID tags. Specifically, we delicately design the frequency-selective antenna based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) components to achieve extreme narrow-band response, so that QuinID tags (i.e., QuinTags) operate exclusively within their designated frequency bands. By carefully designing the matching network and canceling various interference, a customized QuinReader communicates simultaneously with multiple QuinTags across distinct bands. QuinID maintains high compatibility with commercial RFID systems and presents a tag cost of less than 10 cents. We implement a 5-band QuinID system and evaluate its performance under various settings. The results demonstrate a fivefold increase in read rate, reaching up to 5000 reads per second.
title QuinID: Enabling FDMA-Based Fully Parallel RFID with Frequency-Selective Antenna
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03412