Hardware Emulation of a Secure Passive Rfid Sensor System

Todd, Michael Gordon

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Hardware Emulation of a Secure Passive Rfid Sensor System

dc.contributor.advisor	Wayne P. Burleson
dc.contributor.author	Todd, Michael Gordon
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Electrical & Computer Engineering
dc.date	2023-09-22T21:18:57.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:11:23Z
dc.date.available	2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2010-01-01
dc.date.submitted	September
dc.description.abstract	Passively powered radio frequency (RFID) tags are a class of devices powered via harvested ultra high frequency (UHF) radiation emitted by a reader device. Currently, these devices are relegated to little more than a form of wireless barcode, but could be used in a myriad of applications from simple product identification to more complex applications such as environmental sensing. Because these devices are intended for large scale deployment and due to the limited power that can be harvested from RF energy, hardware and cost constraints are extremely tight. The Electronic Product Code (EPC) Global Class 1 Generation 2 (Gen2) specification [EPC08] is currently the de facto communication standard for passively powered RFID. One issue restricting deployment and a cause for some privacy concerns is a lack of security in the Gen2 protocol. We will demonstrate a potential solution to this problem by using a novel block cipher designed for low power and area constrained devices to encrypt and transmit sensor data. This will be done while maintaining backward compatibility with the original standard and will require no substantial changes to the reader. Our solution will also provide one way authentication, data integrity checking and will provide security against replay attacks. In this thesis we will demonstrate an FPGA emulation of a Gen2 compatible RFID tag which will serve as a test bed for several novel features. We will leverage prior work involving several aspects of a tag [QL09] [PP07] as well as incorporate a novel low power encryption cipher [AB07] and external temperature sensor. Demonstrated in [CT08], FPGA emulation will allow for the independent verification of several components. This thesis will provide insight into the future of RFID and will provide insight into tag design as well as possible future updates to the Gen2 standard.
dc.description.degree	Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.S.E.C.E.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/1390786
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47421
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1572&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	RFID
dc.subject	Sensor
dc.subject	EPC Gen2
dc.subject	FPGA
dc.subject	Security
dc.subject	Computer and Systems Architecture
dc.subject	Hardware Systems
dc.subject	Other Computer Engineering
dc.subject	Power and Energy
dc.subject	Systems and Communications
dc.subject	VLSI and Circuits, Embedded and Hardware Systems
dc.title	Hardware Emulation of a Secure Passive Rfid Sensor System
dc.type	campus
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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digcom.date.embargo	2010-08-10T00:00:00-07:00
digcom.identifier	theses/528
digcom.identifier.contextkey	1390786
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	theses/528
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