Enhanced Secure Authentication for Mobile RFID Healthcare System in Wireless Sensor Networks

As telecommunication technologies in telemedicine services are developed, the expeditious development of wireless and mobile networks has stimulated wide applications of mobile electronic healthcare systems. However, security is an essential system requirement since many patients have privacy concerns when it comes to releasing their personal information over the open wireless channels. Due to the invisible feature of mobile signals, hackers have easier access to hospital networks than wired network systems. This may result in several security incidents unless security protocols are well prepared. In this paper, we analyzed authentication for healthcare system architecture to apply secure mobile health systems in the hospital environment. From the analyses, we can estimate optimal requirements to implement topology of system and its vulnerabilities.

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