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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has fast become the norm across many industrial sectors from retails to oil and gas.Although this technology has been around for several decades, to many, the potential is only now starting to be fully explored. RFID infrastructure can operate at short or long range, however, its important that the range fits the application. This article will focus on one example of why this is important. Electronic mustering and personnel on board (POB) within the marine and oil and gas industry is one industry sector which has embraced RFID technology. After all, it is in essence ‘asset tracking’ with the assets being your personnel. Crew, vendors, contractors and visitors all carry a RFID tag, usually in the form of a smart-card.

LF 125KHz COMMON USES Pet taggingAccess Control PROS Low price against medium read range with minimal environment interference. Can be used in just about every country in the world. CONS Very low security and data storage together with slow baud rate reduces the ability to acheive multi-card reading in an open area. HF 13.56MHz COMMON USES Access ControlAsset TrackingPayment Cards (including Bank Cards)Security Bands PROS Fairly low price but with very high security and data storage facility. Cards are near field reading only but a fairly high baud rate ensures quick reading of the encrypted data. Due to the close read range, interference is almost non-existing. This frequency is also the most widely used which means that more hardware is available and can be used in just about every country in the world. CONS Close read range only means hands free is not available and neither is multi-card reading. UHF 860-960MHz COMMON USES Asset TrackingSecurity Bands PROS A higher passive read range allows for total hands free, plus the high baud rate ensures that multi-card reading is also possible.