MOBILE RFID READER AND RFID COMMUNICATION METHOD USING SHARED SYSTEM CLOCK

• US 20100207736A1
• Filed: 10/13/2008
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Chae, Jong-Suk, Park, Chan-Won, Choi, Gil-Young, Pyo, Cheol-Sig, Tschische, David, Preishuber-Pfluegl, Josef, Seong, Nak-Seon
• Application Number:
  US12/682,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20100207736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10356 using a plurality of antennas, e.g. configurations including means to resolve interference between the plurality of antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0644 External master-clock
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0085 detecting a given structure in the signal

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and a RFID communication method using a shared system clock. According to the present invention, clock for synchronizing the mobile RFID readers can be shared without changing hardware of a conventional RHD device. Also, since the shared clock is used, a technology for preventing a collision with the readers can be easily realized in a mobile multi-reader environment.

Claims

1. A mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) reader comprising:

a mobile communication unit generating a clock synchronization signal at a specific pattern of a downlink frame that is broadcasted from a base transceiver station; and

a RFID reader unit sharing a system clock with other mobile RFID readers after the system clock is synchronized by the clock synchronization signal.

2. The mobile RFID reader of claim 1, further comprising an interface unit transmitting the clock synchronization signal to the RFID reader unit from the mobile communication unit.

3. The mobile RFID reader of claim 1, wherein the specific pattern of the frame comprises information indicating starting of the downlink frame or starting of specific burst forming the frame.

4. The mobile RFID reader of claim 3, wherein the burst comprises a normal burst, a synchronization burst, an access burst, a frequency correction bursts, and a dummy bursts.

5. The mobile RFID reader of claim 1, wherein the RFID reader unit generates a time slot for RFID communication with a tag based on the clock synchronization signal after sharing the system clock with other mobile RFID readers.

6. The mobile RFID reader of claim 1, wherein the base transceiver station manages a cell to which a portion of frequency spectrum veered by an entire network is allocated.

7. The mobile RFID reader of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication unit communicates with the base transceiver station using one of communication methods comprising Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA).

8. A mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) communication method of a mobile RFID reader, the method comprising:

generating a clock synchronization signal at a specific pattern of a downlink frame that is broadcasted from a base transceiver station; and

sharing a system clock with other mobile RFID readers after the system clock is synchronized by the clock synchronization signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the specific pattern of the frame comprises information indicating starting of the downlink frame or starting of specific burst forming the frame.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the burst comprises a normal burst, a synchronization burst, an access burst, a frequency correction bursts, and a dummy bursts.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating a time slot for RFID communication with a tag based on the clock synchronization signal after sharing the system clock with other mobile RFID readers.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the base transceiver station manages a cell to which a portion of frequency spectrum covered by an entire network is allocated.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the mobile RFID reader communicates with the base transceiver station using one of communication methods comprising Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA).

14. A mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) communication system comprising:

a base transceiver station broadcasting a downlink frame according to network protocol; and

a mobile RFID reader sharing a system clock with other mobile RFID readers after the system clock is synchronized by a clock synchronization signal generated at a specific pattern of the downlink frame.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the mobile RFID reader communicates with the base transceiver station using one of communication methods comprising Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA).