Title: Pallet management system based on RFID in the postal logistics

Authors: Jong Un Won, Yonghoon Choi, Jong Heung Park

Addresses: Policy Development Research Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute, 374-1 Woram-Dong, Uiwang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 437-050, Korea. ' Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, 161 Gajeong-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-350, Korea. ' Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, 161 Gajeong-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-350, Korea

Abstract: In this paper, Pallet Management System (PMS) in the postal logistics based on RFID is presented. The system consists of three layers. In the first layer, tag data of pallet are captured by RFID interrogator, and these are transferred to RFID controller that it processes the data and transfers to RFID server. The second layer is to be called middleware. Finally, the data are gathered in the RFID server and used to manage the pallet.

Keywords: RFID; radio frequency identification; pallet management; postal logistics; postal service.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOI.2006.012159

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics, 2006 Vol.1 No.4, pp.321 - 331

Published online: 25 Jan 2007 *

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