A correct identification of load carriers can be achieved through the use of radio frequency
identification (RFID). RFID refers to a wireless technology, which is able to make an automatic
detection, identification and utilization of objects and the objects information. For adopting RFID
technology the objects, which shall be identified, get a data carrier (called RFID tag or transponder).
Reading and writing operations on the RFID tags are enabled through the air by using an electronic
magnetic field, initiated by a device called RFID reader. Transponder and RFID reader build the
RFID system, which will connect to a super ordinate information system in the project (Finkenzeller,
2006)