A Secure and Efficient Authentication Scheme for M-Coupon Systems

The Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is very comfortable for the user as communication starts without any further configuration. This property makes the standard well suitable for the use with mobile coupons (mCoupons). The application of mCcoupons is quite a novel issue but is becoming increasingly popular among E-commerce because the extensive use of mCoupons can help consumers to save money. But the mCoupon has also brought security issues as attackers can obtain illegal benefits from deficiencies of the design. Hence, the security of the mCoupon system has become important as well. In this paper, a secure and efficient mCoupon scheme is proposed. The proposed scheme may satisfy all the security requirements needed in a mCoupons system using NFC technology.