What is BS EN 17230 about?
BS EN 17230 is an international standard that covers the specifications of RFID tags used in railways.
BS EN 17230 stipulates the RFID tag location, tag data content, and functional requirements for the application on the main-line railway networks.
BS EN 17230 contains a description of the RFID tag installation location, the RFID tag data content, and functional requirements related to the RFID tag trackside reading performance.
Note: BS EN 17230 could also be applied to other networks such as the metro but are outside of its scope.
Who is BS EN 17230 for?
BS EN 17230 on RFID in rail is useful for:
- Manufacturers and suppliers of RFID tag and readers
- Distributors of RFID tags and readers
- Installers and service providers of RFID tags and readers
- Track maintenance yard
- RFID controller department
Why should you use BS EN 17230?
RFID tags are radio-frequency identification devices that can be utilized as a tracking system where the principle of radio-frequency is used to search, identify, track, and communicate with the material and humans. RFID tags are nothing but smart tags that hold a lot of data such as serial numbers, a short description, etc.
BS EN 17230 aims to describe the implementation of the European Vehicle Number (EVN) of the railway rolling stock in an electronic format via UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. This helps the users to enable a consistent approach for interoperable implementation. It focuses mainly on clarifying applications using fixed track-side readers.
BS EN 17230 sets an approach for using RFID tags with the objective to identify rolling stock automatically based on UHF RFID tags. It helps you enable each RFID tag to contain a globally unique asset reference encode.
BS EN 17230 aims to achieve global uniqueness and interoperability. It also takes care that any RFID tag content used in rolling stock identification does not overlap with any other globally unique identifier coded into RFID tags.