Generally speaking, an RFID system must provide some, if not all, of the following features and capabilities: The ability to encode RFID tags The ability to attach encoded RFID tags to items The ability to track the movement of tagged items The ability to integrate RFID information into business applications The ability to produce information that can be shared between businesses The ability to develop self-organisation of intelligent devices Encoding RFID tags is a two-step process. The first step is to select an identification scheme to uniquely track the items in question. Once this is done, you can attach those identities to the RFID tags. It is important to ensure that the right tags, readers, and antennas are selected and that they are configured and aligned to achieve the required read rates. Most likely, using RFID information will require integration with, and modifications to existing applications. Integrating RFID information with enterprise applications is no different than integrating other data sources. Architectural approaches, technologies, and products available for application integration apply equally well to RFID solutions. The breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge and skills in this competency would cover a broad range of varied activities or application in a wider variety of contexts most of which are complex and non-routine. Leadership and guidance would be involved when organising activities of self and others as well as contributing to technical solutions of a non-routine or contingency nature. Performance of a broad range of skilled applications including the requirement to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices and provision of some leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of the skills would be characteristic. Applications may involve responsibility for, and limited organisation of, others. To demonstrate competency in this unit the person will require access to: Network design documentation Equipment specifications Network components (routers, switches, multilayer switches, VoIP devices) Live network Organisational guidelines Networked computers |