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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a transceiver configured to transmit first radio signals adapted to interrogate communication units, and to responsively receive second radio signals from a responding communication unit;
wherein the transceiver is further configured to determine based on the first and second radio signals a first data rate desired by the responding communication unit and to communicate with the responding communication unit using the first data rate; and
wherein the transceiver is further configured to determine the first data rate by testing different data rates and detecting associated responses.
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Abstract
A radio frequency identification system that has a radio frequency identification reader and a set of tags, in which the tags are interrogated in order to establish a connection with a responding tag. The responding tag determines a desired data rate and indicates this desired data rate to the reader during the interrogation so as to set the data rate for subsequent communication with the reader.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver configured to transmit first radio signals adapted to interrogate communication units, and to responsively receive second radio signals from a responding communication unit; wherein the transceiver is further configured to determine based on the first and second radio signals a first data rate desired by the responding communication unit and to communicate with the responding communication unit using the first data rate; and wherein the transceiver is further configured to determine the first data rate by testing different data rates and detecting associated responses. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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transmitting first radio signals adapted to interrogate communication units, and responsively receiving second radio signals from a responding communication unit; determining based on the first and second radio signals a first data rate desired by the responding communication unit; communicating with the responding communication unit using the first data rate; and determining the first data rate by testing different data rates and detecting associated responses. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication unit comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive interrogation signals from an interrogation source and to provide a response to the interrogation signals; wherein the transceiver is configured to identify to the interrogation source a data rate that is desired by the communication unit on providing the response to the interrogation signals and to communicate with the interrogation source using the desired data rate; wherein the transceiver is configured to successfully respond to the interrogation signals only when the interrogation signals have a data rate desired by the communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving interrogation signals from an interrogation source; responding to the interrogation signals; identifying to the interrogation source a data rate that is desired by the communication unit on responding to the interrogation signals and communicating with the interrogation source using the desired data rate, and successfully responding to the interrogation signals only when the interrogation signals have a data rate desired by the communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (21, 23, 24)
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting first radio signals adapted to interrogate communication units, and for responsively receiving second radio signals from a responding communication unit; means for determining based on the first and second radio signals a first data rate desired by the responding communication unit; means for communicating with the responding communication unit using the first data rate; and means for determining the first data rate by testing different data rates and detecting associated responses.
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