Municipal Asset Management Solution Based on ZigBee Active RFID Tag Technology

I. Industry Background

With the extensive application of modern public facilities and equipment in outdoor municipal contexts, the challenges in anti-theft management of outdoor public assets are becoming increasingly prominent:

1. High Daily Inspection Costs: Outdoor municipal facilities such as solar street lights in rural or remote areas are often located in distant and widely distributed locations. Daily inspections require significant time and labor costs, leading to considerable management difficulties.
2. Difficulties in Physical and Technical Security: Some outdoor public assets, such as ancient ruins and tombs, cover large areas with unclear boundaries, making it difficult to implement closed management through physical measures like building walls or installing barbed wire fences. Furthermore, the installation and normal operation of technical security systems often require electricity and network support, which are frequently unavailable in such locations.
3. High Risk of Theft: Due to relatively weak personnel, physical, and technical security measures, outdoor public assets are vulnerable to theft and unauthorized excavation, increasing the difficulty of protection.

II. Pain Points in Outdoor Public Asset Management

The demand for IoT-based digital asset management tags in outdoor municipal applications is growing. Most outdoor municipal facilities face the following management pain points:

2.1 Increasing Number of High-Value Municipal Assets

With the deployment of new electronic devices in outdoor municipal facilities, the value of these assets continues to rise, necessitating anti-theft management.

2.2 Unattended Outdoor Assets, Increased Theft Risk

Outdoor assets are often located in unattended fields, roads, or public spaces. Valuable facilities are prone to theft, and such incidents may go unnoticed for extended periods, complicating investigation efforts.

2.3 Strong Demand for Wireless IoT Deployment in Outdoor Facilities

Challenging outdoor power and network environments create a strong demand for wireless signal transmission solutions.

2.4 Large Quantities, High Sensitivity to Asset Tag Costs

The vast number of outdoor municipal assets requires a one-to-one tagging approach, resulting in an extremely large tag volume and high sensitivity to per-tag costs.

2.5 Intelligent, Visualized Monitoring is a Critical Need

Managing a large number of municipal assets requires monitoring systems that are visual, intelligent, and low-maintenance.

III. The Importance of Electronic Asset Tags in Municipal Facility Applications

With the development of IoT technology and digital positioning technology, active electronic asset tags are gradually being applied in various municipal facilities. Electronic tags play a crucial role in asset inventory, inspection, and anti-theft for such assets.

• Municipal facilities located outdoors can cause asset incidents if lost, damaged, or moved.
• Ordinary nameplate-style asset identification tags cannot achieve electronic inventory or online monitoring.
• Electronic asset tags enable online patrols and on-site scanning for inventory.
• Electronic tags can facilitate more IoT applications, such as theft alarms.
• Low-power, low-cost, and rapidly deployable electronic tags are the preferred choice for municipal asset management.

IV. ZigBee Active Electronic Tags – Providing a Low-Cost Solution for High-Value Asset Management in Municipal Facilities

▸ 4.1 Patrol-Style Inventory, High Efficiency

• Tags are installed on or embedded into facilities.
• Mobile readers enable patrol-based inventory.
• Combined with patrol vehicles, enables efficient second-level area scanning and inventory.

▸ 4.2 Focused Monitoring, Controllable

• Fixed readers in key areas.
• Monitoring costs are controllable and manageable.
• Reading range up to 200 meters.
• One station covers multiple points, saving on equipment.

▸ 4.3 Checkpoint-Style Reading, Anti-Theft

• Key intersections and passages are equipped with readers.
• Can capture signals from stolen equipment being transported along routes.
• Captured signals can trigger alarms.

V. Solution Value and Benefits

• No more headaches with asset inventory.
• Larger reading range of up to 100 meters.
• Flexible reading and precise control.
• Efficient electronic patrols for inventory.
• Checkpoint capture triggers alarms.
• Mature products, customizable development.

VI. West-HN Technology Product Links

6.1 Tamper-Proof Tag: Disposable Battery Tamper-Proof Anti-Theft Electronic Tag WE-T33

6.2 Asset Tag: Long-Range Positioning Electronic Tag WE-T38

6.3 Solar Tag: Solar-Powered Positioning Electronic Tag WE-T70

6.4 Solar 4G Detector: Electronic Tag 4G Network Reader WE-RGF02

6.5 Handheld Detector: Android 4G All-Network Industrial Inventory Device WE-HS230

6.6 Mobile Detector: Pocket Genie Smart Terminal WE-PK23