I recently wrote a German tutorial (https://plantprogrammer.de/esp32-rfid-and-mqtt/) that describes on how to use an ESP to publish UIDs of RFID-tags into an MQTT ...
Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state-of-the-art (SoA) in semi-passive or Battery-Assisted (BAP) Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification ...