Systems and methods for collision avoidance in a multiple RFID interrogator environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9846794
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14704727

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A method for collision avoidance in a multi-reader environment comprising a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) interrogators, the method comprises each of the plurality of interrogators entering a quiet state during which none of the interrogators transmits, each of the plurality of interrogators selecting a transmit time after the quiet period during which each of the interrogator will attempt to transmit, each of the plurality of interrogators monitoring their associated receive path, an interrogator of the plurality of interrogators transmitting an instruction during its selected transmit time indicating the beginning of a session when the interrogator does not detect data on its receive path prior to its select transmit time, the interrogator comparing its receive path to its transmit path when it transmits the instruction, the interrogator returning to the quiet state when the receive path does not match the transmit path, and the interrogator completing the session when the receive path matches the transmit path.

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SMARTRAC TECHNOLOGY FLETCHER INC267 CANE CREEK ROAD FLETCHER NC 28732

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Greefkes, Kirk San Diego, US 4 58

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