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The Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform

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Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID

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The Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform (WISP) is a battery-free, UHF RFID-compatible sensing and computing platform that is powered and read by commercial off-the-shelf UHF RFID readers. WISPs are being used in a variety of domains, including both sensing and security. This chapter presents the design of the WISP platform, characterization of its performance, and describes several application examples.

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Figures 8–10 are ©2008 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from [4]. Figures 14 and 15 are ©2009 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from [5].

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Alanson P. Sample

  2. Departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Joshua R. Smith

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Sample, A.P., Smith, J.R. (2013). The Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform. In: Smith, J. (eds) Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6166-2_3

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