uID Center
1. Purpose of ucode Standards
To ensure availability for independent use by vendors
 

Designed to ensure the right information can be obtained when using the vendor's designated standardized readers and writers, even in environments with multiple standardized ucode tags from many vendors.

• To ensure support for security policies
Designed to establish and provide technology and policies inspiring confidence in average users in the context of ubiquitous computing and ubiquitous networking applications.
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To establish ucode logos
Designed so that tags, readers, and writers that have earned ucode standard certification can be distinguished by the ucode logos.

2. Our Approach to ucode Standards

No rigid rules will be imposed regarding the frequencies to be used.
• In Japan, standardized readers and writers are multiband devices that support frequencies of 13.56 MHz or 2.45 GHz (950 MHz).
Developers in other countries can determine frequencies in line with their national standards.
• Tags are multiband devices that also support different frequencies.
Passive tags in particular will be, in principle, constructed with resonant circuits, so they will naturally support multiband use.
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The essential technical issues extend beyond the matter of frequency.

  - Indeed, the output level of electromagnetic waves has a great impact on the distance of use.
  - Some uncertainty remains about the advisability of high-level emission in consideration of health issues, among others.
The air interface protocol is basically a matter for individual development.
The ISO 18000 air interface protocol cannot be used without modification for applications handled by the uID Center because it was not designed for entire product lifecycles in ubiquitous systems after smart tags become pervasive.
3. Our Approach to Distinguishing ucode Classes
• We assume there will be no single type of versatile "super chip" that can be used in any application.
Some applications will emphasize low-cost performance while other applications will emphasize security even at greater expense.
• There are parameters for a variety of required specifications.
Here are just a few parameters: cost, security functions, transmission distance, carrier material, presence of a rewritable data area, and operation (active or not) when out of range of readers or writers.
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Devices are classified into several groups for standardization.
Classification will be primarily based on security attributes.