Discovery, Configuration, and Initialization (DCI) for Reader Operations

This document specifies a new function, called an Access Controller, which performs several discovery, configuration, and initialisation (DCI) functions related to radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and clients. This document also specifies several initial configuration requirements that an RFID reader or client must satisfy, in order for the DCI operations to be successful.

This document is for RFID network infrastructure vendors, reader vendors, EPC middleware vendors, and system integrators.

Main sections:

· Role within the EPCglobal Network Architecture

· Terminology and typographical conventions

· Overview of DCI

· Initial conditions for reader and access controller

· Discovery protocol

· Device identification and authentication

· Firmware download

· Reader device configuration

· Connections

· Reader reset operation

· (Informative) Message sequence charts

· Acknowledgement of contributors and companies Opt’d-in during the Creation of this Standard (Informative)