Review Article
Radio Context Awareness and Applications
Table 1
Main RFID and NFC standards and operating frequencies.
| Standard | Description | Frequencies |
| ISO/IEC 18000 | RFID for item management | <135 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 2.45 GHz, 860–960 MHz, 433 MHz |
| ISO/IEC 14443 | Identification cards | 13.56 MHz | Contactless integrated circuit(s) cards | Proximity cards (range <5–10 cm) |
| ISO/IEC 15693 | Identification cards | 13.56 MHz | Contactless integrated circuit(s) cards | Vicinity cards (range <1–1.5 m) |
| EPCglobal | Industry-driven standards for the electronic product code (EPC) for RFID | 900 MHz, 13.56 MHz, 860–930 MHz |
| IEEE Std 802.15.4f-2012 Amendment to IEEE Std 802.15.4-2011 | Active RFID system physical layer | 433.05–434.79 MHz, 2400–2483 MHz, 6289.6–9185.6 MHz |
| ISO/IEC 18092 | Near field communication | 13.56 MHz | Interface and protocol (NFCIP-1) |
| ISO/IEC 21481 | Near field communication | 13.56 MHz | Interface and protocol-2 (NFCIP-2) |
| ECMA-340 | Near field communication | 13.56 MHz | Interface and protocol (NFCIP-1) |
| ECMA-352 | Near field communication | 13.56 MHz | Interface and protocol-2 (NFCIP-2) |
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