EPC/RFID - Global Progress

Bill McLeerEPCglobal US

2006 EPCglobal US

Membership June 2006

• Each EPCglobal member joins once in the location of their head office

June 2004

June 2005

June 2006

Asia Pacific 21 117 173

Europe 36 87 166

Latin America 0 5 24

ME & Africa 2 3 13

North America 132 372 499

Total 191 584 875

2006 EPCglobal US

Rapid growth continues

October 2006

% Total

Asia Pacific 193 19%

Europe 181 18%

Latin America 28 3%

ME & Africa 15 1%

North America 595 59%

Total 1012 100%

Breakdown:• End Users = 59%• Solution Providers = 41%• In 36 countries

2006 EPCglobal US

How Action Groups Work

2006 EPCglobal US

Ratified Standards from Collaborative Efforts of Global Subscribers

• EPCglobal Standards are the product of the collaborative efforts of global Subscribers from many industries, who participate in EPCglobal Action & Working Groups.  To date, we have ratified 5 Standards:

–EPC Tag Data Standard (TDS) identifies specific encoding schemes for GS1 system keys like SGTIN, SSCC, GLN, GRAI, GIAI, DoD constructs of CAGE, DoDAAC and GID.  

–EPCglobal Tag Data Translation (TDT) Standard contains details of the structure and elements of machine-readable markup files and provides guidance on how it might be used in automatic translation or validation software, whether standalone or embedded in other systems.

–Class 1 Generation 2 UHF Air Interface Protocol (Gen 2) Standard addresses physical and logistical requirements for passive-backscatter, Interrogator-talks-first (ITF) 860-960MHz RFID systems

2006 EPCglobal US

Ratified Standards from Collaborative Efforts of Global Subscribers

–Application Level Event (ALE) Standard specifies an interface through which clients may obtain filtered, consolidated EPC data from a variety of sources.

–Object Naming Service (ONS) Standard specifies how the Domain Name Server System is used to locate authoritative metadata and services associated with a given EPC Manager Number.

• and provided background technical information to use in conjunction with your standards-based systems:

–EPCglobal Architecture Framework: identifies the relationship between EPCglobal hardware, software, and data standards and the EPCglobal Network components

–EPCglobal Certificate Profile: defines an X.509 certificate profile for use in the EPCglobal network.

2006 EPCglobal US

Gen 2 - the global standard for UHF

• Costs and Performance

• Remaining regulatory issues are close to resolution

– China

– Europe - Frequency allocation and “Listen Before Talk”

• Wide ranging feedback

– Gen 2 has exceeded expectations

– Gen 2 is becoming the implemented global standard (UHF)

• ISO 18000-6 Type C now a published standard

2006 EPCglobal US

Rapid progress continues

• 7 ratified global standards

• Network and security standards (supported by

Architectural Review Committee Guidelines)

• Item level tagging - UHF and HF work groups– Other tag types to follow (EPCglobal is tag “neutral”)

• Certification services - confident technology use