As of nine months ago, radio frequency identification mandates from Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense had thrown the consumer-goods industry into a tizzy. The behemoths had insisted that all ...

The EPC header is used to indicate the format of the EPC code, (i.e. the length of field partitions), and was designed to make the system flexible. For instance, the header tells the reader whether ...

Philip Morris International (PMI), an Altria Group division that sells tobacco products in all parts of the world except the United States, has designed track-and-trace and authentication systems ...