Active RFID Technology for Asset Tracking and Management System
Abstract: Asset is one of valuable item in the industry
or institution, missing or lose of asset may have problem in asset management
system. The advantages of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology have
made this technology useful for asset management and tracking system. The use
of active RFID technology for asset tracking is by attaching the tag at the
asset or item with assigned a unique ID for identification. A few of active
RFID readers install at strategic points or location to track asset movement
and collect information when anyone of item pass by in reader coverage area,
reader collect information with in reading range and send to backend system.
Integration every single system by using wires or wireless methods to keep
centralize data processing system. Alert message will be send to representative
department to give warning. This asset tracking and management system that use
active type of RFID technology is working at ISM band frequency of 433 MHz. The
backend systems consist of application software, middleware and database. All
the information have been sent from every single system recorded in one central
database.
Author: Evizal, Tharek Abdul
Rahman, Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim
Journal Code: jptkomputergg130032