Select-response grouping proof and its verification protocol for RFID tags. (10th March 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lien, Yuan-Hung; Leng, Xuefei; Mayes, Keith E.; Chiu, Jung-Hui
• Is Part Of: International journal of intelligent information and database systems. Volume 5:Number 2(2011)
• Page Start: 101
• Page End: 118
• Publication Date: 2011-03-10
• Subjects: radio frequency identification -- RFID tags -- yoking proof -- security -- collision free -- grouping proof -- select response -- missing tag identification -- reading order independence -- mutual authentication -- multi-group verification -- clandestine scanning -- replay attacks; Database management -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Information retrieval -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Expert systems (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; 006.33
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-5858

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate an application scenario in which the user requires a proof that a group of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are scanned simultaneously by reading devices. Such a proof is generally called a grouping proof. After examining the existing 'yoking proof' grouping protocols used for RFIDs, an improved protocol called the 'select-response' grouping proof is proposed. Instead of passively awaiting the responses from RFID tags as used in existing protocols, the proposed protocol uses a new mechanism whereby the reader/verifier actively sends commands to each tag, asking for a response and then generating the grouping proof. After this fundamental change, the verification process is simple and flexible. In addition, the proposed protocol can perform multi-group verification and it also possesses collision-free, missing tag identification, and reading order independent properties. Moreover, the proposed protocol protects the mutual authentication from clandestine scanning and replay attacks, and hence, the overall security is improved.