Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, like bar codes, are used to identify individual vehicles, CDs, DVDs and other circulating items. RFID tags can contain more information than a bar code, which is limited to a single sequence of numbers. RFID tags communicate via radio signals, whereas bar codes operate optically. Bar codes require a reader to be held up to the bar code tag -- line-of-sight. Whereas an RFID tag does not require line-of-sight. If the reader is close enough to the item, the RFID tag. The literature has indicated that parking in developed countries are fast growing early adopters of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The other sector of early adopters is distributors who use the technology primarily in the supply chain. The literature abounds with studies on perceived and expected problems with RFID in the supply chain but is sparse on performance and reliability of the technology in parking environments. This has prompted researchers to suggest that there is a need for investigation of RFID in parking environments. The study will measure performance of RFID parking system at a university parking by examining factors, namely tag placement, reader orientation sensitivity, read rate, reading distance, and metal and electromagnetic interference. Test procedures will be created to record accuracy rate, which will be further analyzed with a spectrum analyzer to understand the behavior of RFID tag reader communication in the parking environment.

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