November 08, 2006
Combining RFID and Wireless Tech
Symbol Technologies, now part of Motorola, is working on making a RFID and a number of wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, mesh, VoWLAN, WiMax) play nice together, with the goal of converging "infrastructures beyond voice, video and data." Their new RFS7000 RF switch, available early 2007, can manage RFID readers, Wi-Fi access points and, with extra modules, FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) for dual-mode cellular/ Wi-Fi mobile handsets.
This means that a wide variety of wireless devices for human and machine communication can be managed centrally, potentially allowing for some very powerful applications. Not everyone thinks there is a market for it, though, as VoWLAN (Voice over Wireless LAN) and FMC are relatively new technologies that enterprise is still considering. However, Intel and a few select others are pushing WiMax in the United States.
[sources: Computing UK]
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