Near Field Communication: Recent Developments and Library Implications

Near-Field Communication Technology and Its Impact in Smart University and Digital Library: Comprehensive Study

“…However, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections require manual configuration before data transfer begins, whereas NFC can establish a communications link very quickly, within a tenth of a second, and the subsequent data transfer then occurs over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Combination of NFC technology with wireless standards such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi not only help in large data transfer but also save the time of transfer up to 35% as reported (Nosowitz, 2011;McHugh and Yarmey, 2014).…”

“…In 2014, Asia NFC Alliance is established four major telecommunications operators (HKT of Hong Kong, Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan, SK Planet of South Korea and KDDI of Japan) to provide easy and quick NFCenabled services to customers traveling between these countries. Also in China, there are big steps from government and private sector to promote NFC adaptation (McHugh and Yarmey, 2014). Despite all efforts carried by Asian and European organization for mainstream adoption, the public spread of this technology still need more time for complete implementation.…”

“…API allows NFC-enabled Android phone to share documents, videos, map directions, contacts with other NFC-enabled android phone by tapping the two phones together. Similar integrated applications are "Tap and Do" system in Microsoft's Windows 8 (2012) and Blackberry Tag in BlackBerry OS 7.1 (2011) (Nosowitz, 2011;McHugh and Yarmey, 2014).…”

“…For instance, NFC-enabled phone can stream the music by taping phone to Nokia's Play 360° wireless speakers via Bluetooth. Another example, many technological companies as Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic released professional NFC supported cameras, printers, watches and camcorders which can tap to share or sync their photos, documents, video with other devices (McHugh and Yarmey, 2014).…”

“…Currently, the power that an NFC transfer can generate is limited which prevent its public use and already a few cases have emerged for powering or charging small devices. Full commercial implementation of this kind of use case would require amendments to the existing NFC specifications, but the NFC Forum has demonstrated its interest, establishing a Wireless Charging Task Force in 2012 to work through engineering issues (McHugh and Yarmey, 2014).…”