ISO/IEC 18047-6:2025

Information technology — Radio frequency identification device conformance test methods — Part 6: Test methods for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 930 MHz

This document specifies test methods for determining the conformance of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices (tags and interrogators) for item management with the specifications given in ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62 and ISO/IEC 18000-64. However, this document does not apply to the testing of conformance with regulatory or similar requirements. The test methods require only that the mandatory functions, and any optional functions which are implemented, are verified. This can, in appropriate circumstances, be supplemented by further, application-specific functionality criteria that are not available in the general case. The interrogator and tag conformance parameters in this document are the following: — type-specific conformance parameters including nominal values and tolerances; — parameters that apply directly affecting system functionality and inter-operability. Parameters that are already included in regulatory test requirements are not included in this document. Unless otherwise specified, the tests in this document are intended to be applied exclusively to RFID tags and interrogators defined in ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62 and ISO/IEC 18000-64.

Technologies de l'information — Méthodes d'essai de conformité du dispositif d'identification de radiofréquence — Partie 6: Méthodes d'essai pour des communications d'une interface d'air à 860 MHz et jusqu'à 930 MHz

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 13-Nov-2025
• ICS: 35.040.50 - Automatic identification and data capture techniques
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 - Automatic identification and data capture techniques
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31/WG 4 - Radio communications
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 14-Nov-2025
• Due Date: 28-Nov-2026
• Completion Date: 14-Nov-2025

Relations

• Revises: ISO/IEC 18047-6:2017 - Information technology — Radio frequency identification device conformance test methods — Part 6: Test methods for air interface communications at 860 MHz to 960 MHz
• Effective Date: 02-Dec-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

International
Standard
ISO/IEC 18047-6
Third edition
Information technology — Radio
2025-11
frequency identification device
conformance test methods —
Part 6:
Test methods for air interface
communications at 860 MHz to 930
MHz
Technologies de l'information — Méthodes d'essai de conformité
du dispositif d'identification de radiofréquence —
Partie 6: Méthodes d'essai pour des communications d'une
interface d'air à 860 MHz et jusqu'à 930 MHz
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions .2
3.2 Symbols .2
3.3 Abbreviated terms .3
4 Default conditions applicable to the test methods . 3
4.1 Test environment .3
4.2 Pre-conditioning .3
4.2.1 General .3
4.2.2 Default tolerance .3
4.2.3 Noise floor at test location .3
4.2.4 Total measurement uncertainty .4
5 Setup of test equipment . 4
5.1 Setup of test equipment for interrogator tests .4
5.1.1 General .4
5.1.2 Sense antenna .4
5.1.3 Test apparatus and test circuits for ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62 and
ISO/IEC 18000-64 interrogator .4
5.2 Setup of test equipment for tag tests .5
5.2.1 General .5
5.2.2 Test apparatus and test circuits for ISO/IEC 18000-61, ISO/IEC 18000-62 and
ISO/IEC 18000-64 tags .6
6 Conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-61 . 7
6.1 Functional tests of interrogator .7
6.1.1 Interrogator modulation test .7
6.1.2 Interrogator demodulation and turn-around time .8
6.2 Functional tests of tag.9
6.2.1 Tag demodulation and turn-around time .9
6.2.2 Tag backscatter .10
6.2.3 Tag response time .11
6.2.4 Tag bit rate . 12
6.2.5 Tag state storage time . 13
7 Conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-62 .13
7.1 Functional tests of interrogator . 13
7.1.1 Interrogator modulation test . 13
7.1.2 Interrogator demodulation and turn-around time .14
7.2 Functional tests of tag. 15
7.2.1 Tag demodulation and turn-around time . 15
7.2.2 Tag backscatter .16
7.2.3 Tag response time .17
7.2.4 Tag bit rate .18
7.2.5 Tag state storage time .19
8 Conformance tests for ISO/IEC 18000-64 .20
8.1 Functional tests of interrogator . 20
8.1.1 Interrogator modulation test . 20
8.1.2 Interrogator demodulation and data decoding . . 20
8.2 Functional tests of tag. 22
8.2.1 General . 22
8.2.2 Data encoding. 23

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8.2.3 Link bits .24
8.2.4 Tag timing parameters . 25
8.2.5 Tag bit rate .27
8.2.6 Tag multi-page timing .27
8.2.7 Tag LBT . 28
Annex A (normative) Test measurement site .29
Annex B (normative) Command coding for conformance tests for the different types of ISO/
IEC 18000-6 .40
Annex C (normative) Technical performance of the generic electronic test instruments . 41
Annex D (normative) Tag emulator .42
Annex E (informative) Measurement examples .44
Bibliography .46

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Foreword
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