Table 2.
The characteristics of different RFID operating frequencies.
LF | HF | UHF | SHF | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | 125-134 kHz | 13.56 MHz | 860-960 MHz 865-868 MHz (EU) 902-928 MHz (US) 865-867 MHz (IND) 920-926 MHz (AUS) 952-954 MHz (JPN) |
2.45 or 5.8 GHz |
Coupling type | Inductive (near field) | Inductive (near field) | backscatter (far field) |
backscatter (far field) |
Communication speed | Few kb/s | ∼100 kb/s | Few hundreds of kb/s | Few hundreds of kb/s |
Reading distance | 20-100 cm | 0.1-1.5 m | 3-15 m | 3-30 m |