A Layered Approach to Design of Light-Weight Middleware Systems for Mobile RFID Security (SMRM : Secure Mobile RFID Middleware System)

Recently, RFID (radio frequency identification) technology is practically applied to a number of logistics processes as well as asset management, and RFID is also expected to be permeated in our daily life with the name of ´ubiquitous computing´ or ´ubiquitous network´ within the near future. The global R&D groups now have paid attention to integrate RFID with mobile devices as well as to associate it with the existing mobile telecommunication networks. Such a converged technology and services would lead to make new markets and research challenges. However, the privacy violation on tagged products has become a stumbling block. We propose a light-weight security mechanism which is constructed by mobile RFID security mechanism based on WIPI (wireless Internet platform for interoperability). WIPI-based light-weight mobile RFID security platform can be applicable to various mobile RFID services that have strong security requirements in mobile environments