Where Is It?--The Worldwide Market for Wi-Fi RFID

SUMMARY

Whether it is keeping track of valuable assets, or reducing the time spent searching for assets, industries are looking to leverage wireless technologies to solve these challenges. Wi-Fi, while rather new to this application, has started to make waves in asset tracking. This report looks at the quickly growing market for Wi-Fi RFID.

Covered in this report is an overview of real-time location systems (RTLS), radio frequency identification (RFID) standards and technologies, key market players, 2006 Wi-Fi RFID tag market share, and the forecast for Wi-Fi RFID tag shipments.

Key elements of this report include:

• 1. 2006 Wi-Fi tag market shares
• 2. Forecast of Wi-Fi tag shipments for 2006 through 2011
• 3. Forecast of Wi-Fi tag revenues for 2006 through 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• RTLS Overview
  • RFID
    • Passive vs. Active RFID
  • Wi-Fi in RTLS
    • Disadvantages to Using Wi-Fi in RTLS
    • Advantages to Using Wi-Fi in RTLS
• RFID Standards and Technologies
  • Wi-Fi
  • ISO 24730
  • EPC
  • 125kHz Sign Post Technology
  • GPS
  • RSSI vs. TDOA
  • Wi-Fi vs. ISO 24730 Tags
• Key Market Players
  • Wi-Fi RTLS Vendors
    • AeroScout
    • Ekahau
    • Newbury Networks
    • PanGo Networks
    • RF Technologies
    • WhereNet
  • Wi-Fi Network Vendors
    • Cisco
    • Trapeze Networks
  • Wi-Fi Technology Vendors
    • G2 MicroSystems
• Market Share
• Forecast
• Methodology
• Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

• Table 1. Current Core IEEE 802.11 Standards
• Table 2. Announced Deployments
• Table 3. Worldwide Enterprise Wireless Access Point Shipments (in Millions), 2006 through 2011
• Table 4. Worldwide Mobile PCs Embedded with Wi-Fi (in Millions), 2006 through 2011
• Table 5. Worldwide Wi-Fi RFID Tag Shipments and Revenues (Units in Thousands, Revenues US$ in Thousands), 2006 through 2011

List of Figures

• Figure 1. 2006 Wi-Fi RFID Tag Market Share