A Proposed Prototype for Cattle Monitoring System using RFID

Abstract

In some situations, autonomous monitoring of cattle entering a trailer is highly required. However, experimenting in real environment has many difficulties and affects the accuracy of data repeatability as it is difficult to control the cattle behavior. In real environment, an RFID system is used to monitor the cattle entering and getting out of the trailer. This introduces some challenges in terms of interference caused by cattle movement inside a metallic frame. In this study we propose a prototype to emulate the real system in lab environment, so interference issues can be accurately studied and mitigated. Moreover, using the prototype insures quick experimentation with minimum cost, saving time, and eliminating animal exhaustion.