Japan and Ubiquitous Network

Japanese society is among few countries in the world that highly aware with the benefits of information technology to society.

Recent development of Internet has showed that the next generation of Internet will be Ubiquitous Networks. In this era, everything will be connected each other using wireless sensor or what we called RFID right now.

According to ITU research paper, "Ubiquitous" has also become a term familiar to the average Japanese citizen. Even, twenty four percent of the Japanese population are aware of its meaning. Therefore we can assume that Japan will continue to be one of few countries in the world adopting next generation of Internet.

Simple RFID

An RFID tag is an object that can be stuck on or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification using radiowaves.

Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader. Most RFID tags contain at least two parts. One is an integrated circuit for storing and processing information, modulating and demodulating a (RF) signal and perhaps other specialized functions. The second is an antenna for receiving and transmitting the signal.

A technology called chipless RFID allows for discrete identification of tags without an integrated circuit, thereby allowing tags to be printed directly onto assets at lower cost than traditional tags.