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Preface.

Acknowledgement.

Section I: Introduction to RFID.

Chapter 1: The Evolution of RFID (B. Jamali, The University of Adelaide).

Chapter 2: Introduction to RFID systems (S.M. Roy and N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 3: Recent Paradigm Shift in RFID and Smart Antennas (N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Section II: RFID Reader Systems.

Chapter 4: Modern RFID Readers (S. Parardovic and N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 5: A Development Platform for SDR based RFID Reader (B. Jamali, The University of Adelaide).

Section III: Physical Layer Developments of Smart Antennas for RFID Systems.

Chapter 6: RFID Reader Antenna--A Smart Design Approach (S.M. Roy and N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 7: Handheld Reader Antenna at 5.8 GHz (S.M. Roy and N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 8: FPGA Controlled Phased Array Antenna Development for UHF RFID Reader (N.C. Karmakar, P. Zakavi and M. Kumbukage, Monash University).

Chapter 9: Optically Controlled Phased Array Antennas for UWB RFID Reader (A. Arokiaswami, P. Q. Thai, Nanyang Technological University andN.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 10: Adaptive Antenna Arrays for RFID (M. Trinkle and B. Jamali, The University of Adelaide).

Chapter 11: Design of Portable RFID Smart Antenna System?A Practical Approach (J.S. Fu, Chang Gung University, W. Liu, Nanyang Technological Universityand N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Section IV: DOA and Localization of RFID Tags using Smart Antennas.

Chapter 12: Direction of Arrival Estimation based on A Single Port Smart Antenna for RFID Applications (Chen Sun, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT) and N.C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 13: DOA Geo-location in Real-Time Indoor WiFi System Utilizing Smart Antennas (C.H. Lim, B.P. Ng, M.H. Er, J.P. Lie and W. Wang, Nanyang Technological University).

Chapter 14: Direction of Arrival (DoA) Estimation of Impulse Radio UWB RFID Tags (J.P. Lie, B.P. Ng, C.H. Lim and C.M. S. See, Nanyang Technological University).

Chapter 15: Localization techniques in single and multihop wireless networks (V. Lakafosis, Rushi Vyas and M.M. Tentzeris, Georgia Institute of Technology).

Section V: Multi-Antenna RFID Tags.

Chapter 16: Multi-antenna Chipless RFID Tags (I. Balbin and N. C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 17: Link Budgets for Backscatter Radio Systems (J.D. Griffin and G.D. Durgin, Georgia Institute of Technology).

Chapter 18: Fading Statistics for Multi-Antenna RF Tags (J.D. Griffin and G.D. Durgin, Georgia Institute of Technology).

Section VI: MIMO Antennas for RFID Systems.

Chapter 19: Optimum Power Allocation in Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Systems under Independent Rayleigh Fading (J.S. Fu, Chang Gung University, W. Liu, Nanyang Technological University and N. C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 20: Low-cost and Compact RF-MIMO Transceivers (I. Santamaria, J. Via, V. Elvira, J. Ibanez, J. Perez, University of Cantabria.

R. Eickhoff, and U. Mayer, Dresden University of Technology).

Chapter 21: Blind Channel Estimation in MIMO using Multi-carrier CDMA (A. Rahim, Monash University, K. M. Ahmed, Asian Institute of Technology and N. C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Section VII: Anti-Collision Algorithm and Smart Antennas for RFID Systems.

Chapter 22: Anti-collision Algorithm and Smart Antennas for RFID Systems (Q. J. Teoh and N. C. Karmakar, Monash University).

Chapter 23: RFID Anti-Collision Algorithms with Multi-Packet Reception (J. Lee, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, T. Kwon, Seoul National University).

Chapter 24: Anti-Collision of RFID tags using Capturing Effect (Q. J. Teoh and N. C. Karmakar, Monash University).