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Research and Markets has announced the addition of "ZigBee: A New Frontier for Low Cost Active RFID Devices" to its offering. The report starts with an introduction to RFID, ZigBee and its use in automation. It also evaluates the use of ZigBee and active RFID for a location tracking system.

In addition, this publication presents analysis, case studies, and real-life experiences in which the author has used ZigBee to create active RFID devices, which not only overcame the drawbacks during tag-to-reader communication, but also supported tag-to-tag communication to realize a low-cost active RFID system robust enough to achieve a real-time tracking and monitoring system with many value-added functionalities.

Important questions answered by this report are:

- What is the use and importance of RFID and ZigBee?
- What RFID system options exist and how are they best implemented?
- How does ZigBee work with an active RFID system?
- How does one design and implement a location tracking system with RFID and ZigBee?
- What are the limitations and alternatives to RFID and ZigBee?