Utilização de etiquetas inteligentes para controle de bagagens em aeroportos brasileiros

Abstract

Bearing in mind that Brazil is going to host 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as the 2016 Olympics it is estimated a huge increase in flights across the country. Today we can see a continued increase in luggage misplacement figure at our airports. It happens due to the lack of technology in baggage control. The technology of radio frequency identification - RFID is already part of our everyday lives. Although we do not notice, it is in the bank cards, inside chips inserted in pure- bred animals, within the ignition key of our cars, automated toll booths and infinity of applications in other countries. This technology is supposed to be a great promise in the control, transparency, security and agility in supply chains, tracking aircraft components and baggage control, this last item is the object of this study. This work aims at a technical feasibility study on the deployment of smart tags for baggage control at Brazilian airports. According to International Society of Aeronautic Telecommunications - SITA, there were 25 million of misplaced luggage in 2009 and there will be an estimated number of 70 million in 2019. The present work studies the RFID technology, make comparisons with other forms of baggage tracking and the methods used in Brazil. It was concluded that from the technical point of view it is a viable technology to Brazil, since it is not a trial one, but a technology already consolidated in other areas. It has been used in many airports in the world with a great reduction in the misplacements and quickness to find the misplaced ones.