Dynamic allocation of RFID memory across the product life cycle

It is anticipated that product life cycle management of durable goods might be significantly improved by the introduction of read/write radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Such technology significantly expands available life cycle strategies, most notably enabling more distributed decision-making. Progressive collection and tag storage of life cycle data might be particularly useful for later life cycle activities such as product maintenance and disposal. Given fixed data storage capacity and large amounts of candidate life cycle data, the allocation of storage space is of practical concern. This paper presents a conceptual method for RFID memory allocation across the life cycle allowing for dynamic and customizable memory allocation.