A RESEARCH EXPLORATION ON NEAR FIELD
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
NFC is described as the short range wireless technology used to connect two or more electronic devices. It is founded by the collaboration of Nokia, Sony, and Philips in the year 2004. NFC is operated with a frequency of 13.56 MHz and its transfer speed is up to 424kbps.
The basic idea of the NFC is designed and was built upon the radio frequency identification technology (RFID). An RFID system has two components, a reader and a target. The reader is an electronic device which is active and generates the radio frequency field while the target devices uses that specific field for the data exchange. The major NFC revolution came in to existence when Nokia launched its first mobile device with NFC in the year 2007, which was basically used to share the data and mobile ticketing. The present mobile technology is using the NFC in a wide range as this technology has many advantages compared to the other wireless communications as it exchanges information by facilitating bidirectional communication.
MODES OF OPERATION OF NFC:
NFC technology integrates the today’s wireless communication by unlocking the solutions in the platforms of information collection and exchange, payments, mobile ticketing etc. NFC can support three modes of operation.
CARD EMULATION MODE:
In the card emulation mode the devices which are enabled with the NFC are used as the virtual smart cards which allows the users to make transactions such as shopping, mobile ticketing, money transfers and transit access control by just one t...
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...the different sectors of the market like mobile companies, merchants, banks etc. and should provide a safe platform for the users of the technology.
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