Abstract:
A radio-frequency-identification (RFID) system includes an RFID tag and an RFID reader, where the RFID reader is configured to communicate with the RFID tag using time-hopped pulse-position modulation and ultra-wideband modulation. The time-hopped pulse-position modulation includes sending from the RFID tag to the RFID reader a series of pulses in time slots selected by the RFID tag through a cryptographically secure pseudo-random generator.