A power efficient secure mutual authentication protocol for EPC Gen2v2 standard

EPCglobal recently announced the revised Gen2 standard - called Gen2 version 2. Gen2v2 includes several new security and file management features to fit various possible application requirements. Inspired by these new features, we propose a security protocol with mutual authentication and data cryptographic mechanism between reader and tag for the UHF passive RFID system. The tag verilog core was tested by using FPGA chip and chip was fabricated in a 0.18 μm 1-poly 6-metal standard CMOS process.