UHF-RFID Based Smart Cargo Management and Real Time Tracking Approach

Abstract

RFID technology has been developing continuously since its first day and it offers very important advances to its users. RFID tags, which have a very important place in realizing the Internet of Things (IoT) concept, are actively used in many industrial areas today. The most important advantages of these tags are that they can store data, be read remotely, and be used with internet technology. In this paper, it is focused on a different usage aspect of RFID tags. It is aimed to increase the speed, capacity and efficiency by developing the cargo management systems currently used in the proposed system. As it is known, in traditional cargo management systems, barcode or QR code tags are used and these tags are read through a hand terminal. All operations performed in these systems are provided according to the logic of an employee reading the packages and transferring the data to the system in this way. In this proposed approach, it is aimed to use UHF-RFID tags instead of classic barcode or QR code labels. In the system, cargo shipment branches, transportation vehicles and transfer centers are equipped with UHF-RFID reader antennas, allowing the shipments to be read automatically, quickly and safely. With this proposed approach, significant efficiency has been achieved especially in terms of time. This efficiency was confirmed by simulation studies and the obtained results are presented in comparison with classical methods.

Keywords

• UHF-RFID
• Smart Cargo Management
• Real Time Tracking

UHF-RFID Tabanlı Akıllı Kargo Yönetimi ve Gerçek Zamanlı Takip Yaklaşımı

Abstract

RFID teknolojisi ortaya çıktığı ilk günden beri sürekli olarak gelişim göstermekte ve kullanıcılarına oldukça önemli avatajlar sunmaktadır. Nesnelerin İnterneti (IoT) kavramını gerçekleştirmede oldukça önemli bir yere sahip olan RFID etiketler günümüzde birçok endüstriyel alanda aktif olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu etiketlerin içerisinde veri depolanabilmesi, uzaktan okunabilmesi ve internet teknolojisi ile beraber kullanılabilmesi en önemli avantajlarındandır. Bu çalışmada ise RFID etiketlerin farklı bir kullanım yönüne odaklanılmıştır. Önerilen sistemde hali hazırda kullanılan kargo yönetim sistemlerinin geliştirilmesi ile hız, kapasite ve verimliliklerinin arttırılması amaçlanmıştır. Bilindiği üzere klasik kargo yönetim sistemlerinde genellikle barkod veya karekod türünde etiketler kullanılmakta ve bu etiketler bir el terminali aracılığıyla okunmaktadır. Bu sistemlerde gerçekleştirilen tüm işlemler sürekli olarak bir çalışanın paketleri okutması ve verilerin sisteme bu yolla aktarılması mantığına göre sağlanmaktadır. Önerilen bu yaklaşımda klasik barkod veya karekod etiketlerinin yerine UHF-RFID etiket kullanılması hedeflenmiştir. Sistemde kargo gönderi şubeleri, taşıma araçları ve transfer merkezleri UHF-RFID okuyucu antenler ile donatılarak, gönderilerin otomatik, hızlı ve güvenli bir şekilde okunabilmesi sağlanmıştır. Önerilen bu yaklaşım ile özellikle zaman yönünden önemli derecede verimlilik sağlanmıştır. Elde edilen bu verimlilik simülasyon çalışmaları ile doğrulanmış ve elde edilen sonuçlar klasik yöntemlerle karşılaştırmalı olarak sunulmuştur.

Keywords

• UHF-RFID
• Akıllı Kargo Yönetimi
• Gerçek Zamanlı Takip

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