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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO/IEC 18047-6:2017), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

tests related to ISO/IEC 18000-63 have been removed from this document since these tests are described in ISO/IEC 18047-63;
the frequency range has been changed from 860 MHz to 960 MHz to 860 MHz to 930 MHz, as all applicable global radio regulations are within this frequency range.

A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 18047 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.

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Introduction

The ISO/IEC 18000 series defines the air interfaces for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices used in item management applications. ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62, ISO/IEC 18000-63 and ISO/IEC 18000-64 define the air interface for RFID devices operating at frequencies from 860 MHz to 930 MHz.

The ISO/IEC 18047 series provides test methods for conformance to the various parts of the ISO/IEC 18000 series.

Each part of the ISO/IEC 18047 series contains all measurements required to be made on a product in order to establish whether it conforms to the corresponding part of the ISO/IEC 18000 series.

NOTE Test methods for interrogator and tag performance are covered by the ISO/IEC 18046 series.

Clause 6 describes all necessary conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-61.

Clause 7 describes all necessary conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-62.

Clause 8 describes all necessary conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-64.

1 Scope

This document specifies test methods for determining the conformance of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices (tags and interrogators) for item management with the specifications given in ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62 and ISO/IEC 18000-64. However, this document does not apply to the testing of conformance with regulatory or similar requirements.

The test methods require only that the mandatory functions, and any optional functions which are implemented, are verified. This can, in appropriate circumstances, be supplemented by further, application-specific functionality criteria that are not available in the general case.

The interrogator and tag conformance parameters in this document are the following:

type-specific conformance parameters including nominal values and tolerances;
parameters that apply directly affecting system functionality and inter-operability.

Parameters that are already included in regulatory test requirements are not included in this document.

Unless otherwise specified, the tests in this document are intended to be applied exclusively to RFID tags and interrogators defined in ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62 and ISO/IEC 18000-64.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Symbols

3.3 Abbreviated terms

4 Default conditions applicable to the test methods

4.1 Test environment

4.2 Pre-conditioning

5 Setup of test equipment

5.1 Setup of test equipment for interrogator tests

5.2 Setup of test equipment for tag tests

6 Conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-61

6.1 Functional tests of interrogator

6.2 Functional tests of tag

7 Conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-62

7.1 Functional tests of interrogator

7.2 Functional tests of tag

8 Conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-64

8.1 Functional tests of interrogator

8.2 Functional tests of tag

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