Contactless Authentication for Wearable Devices Using RFID

Valerio Bellandi, Paolo Ceravolo, Mauro Conti, Maryam Ehsanpour

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Abstract

Technological advancements are strongly integrated into our daily lives and an increasing trend prompts the usage of smart healthcare devices for health management. Health providers are beginning to use wearable devices as equipment that can support remote care services. As a result, an accurate, robust, lightweight, and convenient authentication system for smart healthcare devices is urgently required. Considering RFID technology, we present a contactless authentication mechanism that secures a smartwatch at the hardware level. When the authorized person uses the smartwatch, then power is 'ON' otherwise 'OFF'. Thanks to our method the answer to the question 'Am I authorized to use the wearable medical sensor?' and 'Am I really the person who is proceeding?' is directly enforced by the system. This study significantly improved the usability and security of the authentication process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Digital Health, ICDH 2022
EditorsSheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Claudio Augistino Ardagna, Hongyi Bian, Mario Bochicchio, Carl K. Chang, Rong N. Chang, Ernesto Damiani, Lin Liu, Misha Pavel, Corrado Priami, Hossain Shahriar, Robert Ward, Fatos Xhafa, Jia Zhang, Farhana Zulkernine
PublisherIEEE
Pages234-239
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665481496
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE International Conference on Digital Health, ICDH 2022 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 10 Jul 202216 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Digital Health, ICDH 2022

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Conference on Digital Health, ICDH 2022
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period10/07/2216/07/22

Keywords

  • Microcontroller
  • RFID technology
  • Smart healthcare
  • User authentication
  • Wearable devices

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