5GID-IC Hybrid RFID Tracking for Wide-Area Asset Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional RFID systems face challenges in tracking assets over expansive geographic areas due to limited range and data broadcasting capabilities, making it difficult to manage and gather sophisticated metrics for growing organizations.
Innovation Solution
The integration of 5G telecommunications network with RFID technology, enabling broadband cellular networks and enhanced data broadcasting capabilities through 5GID systems, which include a 5GID integrated circuit that uses electromagnetic fields for location and vector mapping, and employs machine learning for advanced tracking and asset management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional RFID technology is used for tracking assets, then the system can identify and track tags using electromagnetic fields, but the tracking range is limited and geographic coverage is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines RFID technology with 5G cellular network infrastructure to create a hybrid tracking system. RFID tags continue to provide identification while 5G base stations extend the tracking range across expansive geographic areas, resolving the contradiction between limited RFID range and the need for broad coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces satellite positioning and cellular network infrastructure as intermediary systems that bridge the gap between localized RFID tracking and global asset management, enabling tracking data collection across vast geographic areas without requiring direct RFID communication between all points.
2Loss of information
If conventional RFID systems are used for asset tracking, then basic identification is possible, but sophisticated metrics and advanced tracking capabilities cannot be gathered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functional tracking tags that perform both basic RFID identification and advanced metrics collection including location tracking, performance monitoring, and environmental sensing. This universal approach allows a single system to provide both simple identification and sophisticated analytics without requiring separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional single-dimensional RFID identification to multi-dimensional tracking by incorporating spatial location data, temporal performance metrics, and environmental parameters, enabling comprehensive asset management through enhanced data dimensions.
3Area of stationary object
If RFID tags broadcast information across short ranges, then energy consumption is low, but the tracking range and service area are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic broadcasting and listening cycles where tags transmit information at scheduled intervals rather than continuously, and base stations actively query tags within their coverage areas. This periodic operation extends effective tracking range while managing tag energy consumption by keeping tags in low-power states between transmissions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for improved tracking services across larger areas, enabling the management of assets with more sophisticated metrics, including location and performance status, using advanced statistical methods and AI, thereby overcoming the limitations of conventional RFID systems.
Implementation Method 1
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to identify and track electronic tags ('tags') attached to objects
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a radiofrequency identification (RFID) integrated circuit (IC) associated with a mobile asset. The 5GID-IC can store sensor data collected from sensors of the mobile asset and generate tracking data of the mobile asset based on that sensor data. The 5GID-IC responds to radiofrequency (RF) signals radiated on the RFID device, where the RF signals have frequencies in a licensed spectrum of a 5G telecommunications network. The system includes a reader device configured to independently check multiple 5GID-ICs of mobile assets for tracking data. The reader device includes a communications circuit that can retrieve the tracking data from the 5GID-IC of the mobile asset.