BAP Tags

There seems to be a lot of confusion out there regarding BAP RFID tags. Just to clarify, here are a few key points.

BAP stands for "battery-assisted passive". This means that while the tag has a battery, it is not continuously using that battery, and therefore doesn't continuously transmit radio waves. The function of the battery in a BAP tag is simply to increase the distance the tag can transmit.

While there are standards for active and passive RFID tags, the industry has not settled on a standard for BAP tags. This means that we have to be careful in designing a solution around a specific BAP tag, finding an RFID reader that will be compatible with that specific tag.

BAP tags, just like active tags, will need to have their batteries replaced eventually. The life cycle of the battery will depend upon how often the tag is 'wakened' by a reader and forced to transmit.