Authentication and secret search mechanisms for RFID-aware wireless sensor networks

: This paper investigates authentication and secure data retrieval issues in Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID)-aware wireless sensor networks. We propose a network architecture (ARIES) consisting of RFIDs and wireless sensor nodes, a mutual authentication protocol (AMULET), and a Secret Search Protocol (SSP). ARIES utilises RFID-aware sensor nodes to alleviate distance limitation problem in RFID systems. AMULET performs mutual authentication and reduces the cost of re-authentication. SSP solves the privacy problem by offering a search mechanism over encrypted data. SSP does not need to decrypt encrypted data files while searching for specific data and the performance is greatly improved.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: IJSN
• Authors: Shih-I Huang, Shiuhpyng Shieh
• Keywords: IJSN 2010, Mutual Authentication, Wireless Sensor, Wireless Sensor Nodes