1. A baggage system comprising: a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips, wherein at least a first RFID chip of the plurality of RFID chips is a passive-type RFID chip and associated with a baggage item; a data collection engine (DCE) device communicating with the plurality of RFID chips, wherein the DCE comprises: a power transmission subsystem including a power source and an antenna arranged to wirelessly transmit power from the power source to the first RFID chip; a transceiver configured to receive first data from at least one of the first RFID chip and a second RFID chip of the plurality of RFID chips while the first RFID chip is activated by the power received, the first data including identification information of the at least one of the first and second RFID chips; a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and one or more memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory sources including instructions for configuring the controller to generate one or more messages indicative of the identification information to be sent by the transceiver to a server device via the network connection, wherein the first RFID chip includes an antenna for wirelessly receiving the power from the transceiver of the DCE and control logic for generating the identification information; wherein the server device comprises: a transceiver configured to receive the one or more messages from the DCE; a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and one or more memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory sources configuring the controller to generate a message indicative of location information associated with the baggage item.
17. The baggage system of claim 1 , wherein: the one or more messages received by the server device from the DCE include an indication that near field communication (NFC) has been established between the first and second RFID chips.