The EPCglobal HF air interface protocol defines the physical and logical requirements for a passive-backscatter, Interrogator-talks-first (ITF), radio-frequency identification (RFID) system operating in at 13.65 MHz frequency. Click here to learn more.

There is also a set of RFID reader management standards that provide a common way of controlling and managing RFID readers:

• Low Level Reader Protocol specifies an interface between RFID Readers and Clients. The interface protocol is called low-level because it provides control of RFID air protocol operation timing and access to air protocol command parameters.
• Reader Management is used by management software to monitor the operating status and health of EPCglobal compliant RFID Readers.
• Application Level Events (ALE)
• Discovery, Configuration & Initialization (DCI) specifies an interface between RFID Readers and Access Controllers and the network on which they operate