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ABSTRACT<br />

<strong>BLOCKING</strong> <strong>READER</strong>: <strong>DESIGN</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>IMPLEMENTATION</strong> <strong>OF</strong> A PASSIVE<br />

Supervising Professor: Daniel W. Engels<br />

UHF RFID <strong>BLOCKING</strong> <strong>READER</strong><br />

GAUROV NARAYANASWAMY, M.S.<br />

The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009<br />

In this thesis I present a low-cost passive UHF ISO 18000-6C Radio Frequency<br />

Identification, or RFID, reader that is feasible for mobile and privacy applications.<br />

Low cost readers are necessary to achieve the promised cost savings and enhanced<br />

revenue generation that the Internet of Things promises to deliver. Low cost readers<br />

may be installed virtually everywhere, providing real-time asset monitoring and a host<br />

of new and innovative applications yet to be conceived. While pervasively deployed<br />

readers provide tremendous benefits, the promiscuous nature of the 18000-6C tags<br />

means that the readers also pose a threat to personal security and privacy. Privately<br />

owned tags on a person will be read by all nearby readers without that person’s<br />

consent thereby violating that person’s privacy. A low cost reader worn on a person’s<br />

body can be used as a Blocking Reader that prevents these unauthorized tag reads,<br />

preserving your privacy. My low- cost reader has been implemented based upon the<br />

Chipcon CC1101 chip, and I have characterized its basic read performance. using<br />

a monopole antenna, my low cost reader can be utilized as a blocking reader that<br />

prevents unauthorized reads of tags within 1m of the reader. Furthermore, when<br />

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