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Journal of Medical Systems
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 3/2015

01-03-2015 | Systems-Level Quality Improvement

A Secure RFID Mutual Authentication Protocol for Healthcare Environments Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Authors: Chunhua Jin, Chunxiang Xu, Xiaojun Zhang, Jining Zhao

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 3/2015

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Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) is an automatic identification technology, which can be widely used in healthcare environments to locate and track staff, equipment and patients. However, potential security and privacy problems in RFID system remain a challenge. In this paper, we design a mutual authentication protocol for RFID based on elliptic curve cryptography(ECC). We use pre-computing method within tag’s communication, so that our protocol can get better efficiency. In terms of security, our protocol can achieve confidentiality, unforgeability, mutual authentication, tag’s anonymity, availability and forward security. Our protocol also can overcome the weakness in the existing protocols. Therefore, our protocol is suitable for healthcare environments.
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Metadata
Title
A Secure RFID Mutual Authentication Protocol for Healthcare Environments Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Authors
Chunhua Jin
Chunxiang Xu
Xiaojun Zhang
Jining Zhao
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0213-7

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