Radio frequency identification simulator and tester

• US 20050154572A1
• Filed: 01/22/2005
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nextone Communications Inc (NetScout Systems Incorporated), Quake Global, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quake Global, Inc.
• Inventors: Sweeney, Patrick Joseph II
• Application Number:
  US10/905,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20050154572A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0022 arrangements or provisious for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device "transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L

Abstract

A method and system for simulating radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. The system determines RFID system configurations and components that meet user constraints to facilitate planning for RFID system deployment. The simulator updates a database on the basis user input and radio frequency interrogator data from deployed systems.

Claims

1. A system for simulating radio frequency identification systems comprising:

a database containing radio frequency identification system component specifications and other information useful for simulating such systems;

a user interface allowing for input and output;

and a logical system simulator that uses input from the user interface and information from the database to determine configurations and components of radio frequency identification systems meeting requirements entered via the user interface and to add and remove records from the database.

2. A system according to claim 1 wherein the user interface acquires and presents information primarily via text.

3. A system according to claim 1 wherein the user interface acquires and presents information primarily through graphics.

4. A system according to claim 1 further comprising one or more radio frequency interrogators and radio frequency identification tags to provide physical-world input and output for the logical system simulator;

A system according to claim 1 further comprising a data network allowing the system to use information from other peer systems via the data network.

5. A system according to claim 1 further comprising a data network allowing the system to use information from a server.

6. A system according to claim 1 further comprising a data network allowing the system to use information from a server acquired from peers of the system.