BS ISO/IEC 29173-1:2012 - Page 2

Information technology. Mobile item identification and management. Mobile RFID interrogator device protocol for ISO/IEC 18000-63 Type C | Status: Current, Proposed for withdrawal

1 Scope This part of ISO/IEC 29173 defines an interface protocol between a device driver of a mobile AIDC application platform and a mobile RFID interrogator within a mobile AIDC terminal. It is intended that this part of ISO/IEC 29173 be implemented in both the device driver of a mobile AIDC application platform and the mobile RFID interrogator. In accordance with the ISO/IEC 18000-63 type C RFID air interface, this part of ISO/IEC 29173 includes:

• — types of command/response/notification protocol messages and their usages,
• — protocol message format, and
• — protocol message exchange procedures.