In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a transponder is provided, comprising: a field strength range determination unit configured to determine a field strength range of a radio frequency (RF) field generated by an external reader device; a controller configured to delay processing of a command by the transponder in dependence on the field strength range determined by the field strength range determination unit. In accordance with further aspects of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a transponder is conceived, and a corresponding computer program is provided.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a transponder is provided, comprising: a field strength range determination unit configured to determine a field strength range of a radio frequency (RF) field generated by an external reader device; a controller configured to delay processing of a command by the transponder in dependence on the field strength range determined by the field strength range determination unit. In accordance with further aspects of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a transponder is conceived, and a corresponding computer program is provided.