What is RAIN RFID?

Modified on Fri, 30 Aug at 2:54 PM

The RAIN RFID Alliance is a global alliance promoting the universal adoption of passive UHF RFID (called RAIN RFID) technology in a way similar to other wireless technology organizations including NFC Forum, WiFi Alliance, and Bluetooth SIG. 


RAIN can use the GS1 UHF Gen2 protocol which ISO/IEC has standardized as 18000-63. The word RAIN—an acronym derived from RAdio frequency IdentificatioN—is intended as a nod to the link between UHF RFID and the cloud, where RFID-based data can be stored, managed, and shared via the Internet. 


A RAIN RFID solution uses a reader to read and write a tagged item, manage the data and take action.

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