The interrogators, or readers, are intended for multiple-funded programs that address military logistics, homeland security, and commercial transportation applications. The readers are designed to track military assets in hostile and non-hostile environments and to monitor the location and physical integrity of intermodal cargo containers.

The interrogators will incorporate Software Communications Architecture (SCA) that will enable them to interoperate with Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) communications devices. The interrogators will support multiwaveform operation including the support of complex waveforms designed to optimize the use of the available frequency spectrum and to prevent the jamming and spoofing of security-sensitive RFID signals.

"One of ORNL's main objectives is to enable total asset visibility (TAV) across the U.S. armed forces and emergency first responders through the use of multifunction RFID readers and innovative sensor technologies," says Mark Buckner, senior program manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "To achieve TAV in as short a time frame as possible, we are employing advanced, commercially available products and technologies."

"Spectrum provides us with proven software-defined radio solutions along with the SCA know-how that is essential to ensure that our systems are interoperable with JTRS platforms," he adds.

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