This book provides a statistical framework for performance modeling and design of backscatter Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. The current models for estimating performance are based purely on EM theory (e.g., using Friis free space equations) or statistical experimental modeling principles. Models based on EM theory are limited to specifying power received at the tag under certain simple, idealized conditions, and do not provide estimates of read-rates, which are de-facto industry quantifiers of an RFID system performance. On the other hand, the statistical models, being purely...