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)