INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC STANDARD 18046-4 First edition 2015-12-15 Information technology Radio frequency identification device performance test methods - Part 4: Test methods for performance of RFID gates in libraries Technologies de I'information - Méthodes d'essai des performances du dispositif d'identification par radiofréquence Partie 4: Méthodes d'essai de la performance des portes a RFID dans les bibliotheques Reference number IS0/IEC 18046-4:2015(E) IEC SO @IS0/IEC2015 IS0/IEC 18046-4:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0/IEC 2015, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form writtenpermission.Permission canberequestedfromeitherIso attheaddressbeloworIso'smemberbodyinthecountry of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax+41227490947 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org ii @ IS0/IEC 2015 - All rights reserved IS0/IEC 18046-4:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword .. Introduction ...vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms 4.1 Symbols .6 4.2 Abbreviated terms 1 5 Conditions applicable to the test methods .7 5.1 Number of interrogators to be tested. .7 5.2 Test environment 1 5.3 RF environment. .7 5.4 Pre-conditioning 5.5 Default tolerance .8 5.6 Total measurement uncertainty ..8 5.7 Test result reporting. ..8 5.8 Test communication parameters. ..8 5.9 Test equipment limits 5.10 Human exposure to EMF :8 6 Required auxiliary means for performance tests .8 6.1 Movement apparatus. .8 6.2 PC with test software. ..8 6.3 Reference blocks 6.3.1 General. .9 6.3.2 Tags.... 6.3.3 Tag block. 9 6.3.4 Tag bundle .10 6.3.5 Media stack ..11 6.4 Active interferer. ..13 6.5 Passive Interferer ..14 7 Performance tests .14 7.1 General remarks .14 7.2 Measurement of transmitter carrier H-field level ..14 7.3 Detection field homogeneity .17 7.4 Reliability of detection. .18 7.4.1 General ..18 7.4.2 Procedure (on the basis of AFI) ..19 7.4.3 Procedure with increased walking speed .19 7.4.4 Procedure with 6 tags and read data of 34 bytes, walking speed (only on the basis of AFI). ..20 7.4.5 Procedure with 6 tags and read data of 34 bytes, increased waiking speed (only on the basis of AFI). .20 7.5 Stack performance. .20 7.6 Immunity to interferences. 22 7.6.1 General .22 7.6.2 Analysis 1 (active interferer) .23 7.6.3 Analysis 2 (passive metallic interferer) ..25 8 Assessment of the complete product test .26 9 Certificate .26 Annex A (normative) Test Record (AFI) .27 @ IS0/IEC 2015 - All rights reserved iii