Near-field Communication Sensors Modulation for Secured Data Transmission in Personal Security System

Literature Review
Student Name & CSU ID
Project Topic Title Near-field communication sensors modulation for secured data transmission in personal security system
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Version 1.0 _ Week 1 (5 Journal Papers from CSU Library)
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Reference in APA format that will be in 'Reference List' Alexiou, N., Basagiannis, S., & Petridou, S. (2016). Formal security analysis of near field
communication using model checking. Computers and Security, 60, 1-14.
Citation that will be in the content (Alexiou, et. al., 2015)
URL of the Reference Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …Qn) Keywords in this Reference
https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/science/
article/pii/S0167404816300244
Journal Ranking: Q1 Wireless communication, Near field
communication, Relay attack, Probabilistic model
checking, Security analysis
The Name of the Current Solution (Technique/ Method/
Scheme/ Algorithm/ Model/ Tool/ Framework/ ... etc. )
The Goal (Objective) of this
Solution & What is the Problem
that need to be solved
What are the components of it?
Technique/Algorithm name:
Probabilistic model checking
Radiofrequency identification
Tools:
PRISM model checker
Applied Area:
Security analysis
Problem:
The major problem is of security. It
faces the problem of relay attacks.
Also, there is a problem of delay in
packets.
Goal:
In this work, we analyze and verify
the NFC model and create a model to
recover quickly from relay attacks.
Also to solve the security issues and
establish secure ad-hoc connections.
 Antenna
 Smartphones
 RFI
 Reliable hardware implementations
 Software card emulation
The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; The process steps of the Technique/system
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Process Steps Advantage (Purpose of this step) Disadvantage (Limitation/Challenge)
1 RF collision avoidance: To prevent collisions
between the surrounding readers.
If no RF field is detected than reader enables
its own field.
N/A
2 Initialization single device detection: Allows
the reader to detect NFC- enabled device
It targets nearby by broadcasting polling
request. The further one is selected and then it
is replied back.
Only one card is supported.
3 Transport protocol: Reader select a nearby
target, it starts data transmission with Transport
protocol.
It gives an acknowledgment for receiving a
successful packet.
N/A
Validation Criteria (Measurement Criteria)
Dependent Variable Independent Variable
Model transitions between states Protocols
End user application Secure ad-hoc connections
Input and Output Critical Thinking: Feature of
this work, and Why (Justify)
Critical Thinking: Limitations
of the research current solution,
and Why (Justify)
Input (Data) Output (View)
 Data Packets
For encoding and
decoding thedata
which requires
several processing
 It can be in any form either
picture, document etc. We
can transmit this data to
another device.
NFC is used for wireless
communications in a short range
for secure connections. It is
integrated with devices for the
purpose of authentic and
authorized exchange of data via
The major limitation is the relay
attack. It is similar to a man-in-
the-middle attack. In this when
data is exchanged between two
than malicious user either
intercepts the data and make
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for the analog data
to be used in
packet reception.
short-range NFC channels. And
also helps in improving personal
security with the help of the near
field sensors.
changes in it. After that, it re-
transmits it back.
(Describe the research/current solution) Evaluation Criteria How this research/current
solution is valuable for your
project
Near field communication help in allowing wireless communications for
supporting smart device application. In this two devices that are kept at 10 cm are
paired with each other. It is highly secure, but there are chances of relay attacks
between them so we describe the solutions to prevent the relay attacks by using
Probabilistic model checking. This model checking is a formal verification
technique and helps to find out the errors and unusual behavior in the system
(Alexiou, et. al., 2015).
In this the end users are the
humans who uses NFC sensors
with wireless communication
technology using for payments,
tickets.
Model checking is helpful to
analyze the security system. It
offers the advantage of automated
analysis, which helps in
communication technologies and
registered systems. With this, we
can increase personal security by
NFC.
Diagram/Flowchart
Figure: Security analysis proposal
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Figure: Steps of relay attacks in NFC
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Reference in APA format that will be in
'Reference List'
Xu, G., Zhang, Q., Lu, Y., Liu, L., Ji, D., Li, S., & Liu, Q. (2017). Passive and wireless near field
communication tag sensors for biochemical sensing with smartphone. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 246,
748-755.
Citation that will be in the content (Xu, et. al., 2017)
URL of the Reference Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …Qn) Keywords in this Reference
https://www-sciencedirect-
com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/science/article/pii/
S0925400517303751
Level of Journal: Q1 Near field communication (NFC) tag, Wireless and passive,
Biochemical sensing, Accurate semi-quantitative detection,
Smartphone
The Name of the Current Solution
(Technique/ Method/ Scheme/
Algorithm/ Model/ Tool/ Framework/ ...
etc )
The Goal (Objective) of this Solution &
What is the Problem that need to be solved
What are the components of it?
Technique/Algorithm name:
Accurate semi-quantitative detection
Inductive coupling
Tools:
Resonant Circuits
Applied Area:
Environment monitoring, food safety, and
healthcare diagnosis.
Problem:
The major problem is that different sensing
device is used to detect ions, bacteria, and
gases. For each, we need different instruments.
Goal: To develop a wireless NFC tag sensor
that can be used with smartphones and receive
the results.
 Smartphones
 Integrated circuit
 Chip capacitor
 Resonant circuit
 Electrodes
 Sensors
 Rheostat
The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; The process steps of the Technique/system
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Process Steps Advantage (Purpose of this step) Disadvantage (Limitation/Challenge)
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NFC tag sensors construction: It has a simple
resonant circuit with IC, capacitor, inductance,
chip and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
substrate.
Its state is detected by On or Off state. The applications read the NFC tags when
kept at a distance less than 2 cm.
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NFC tag sensor modification for semi-
quantitative detections: With adding rheostat
in threshold value it changes.
It can also be calculated by using a sensor
array.
N/A
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With NFC tag sensors and smartphone,
detection is performed: In this an
electrochemical workstation is connected
through an electrode for recording time-
impedance.
It is used to calculate the accuracy rate of
detections.
N/A
Validation Criteria (Measurement Criteria)
Dependent Variable Independent Variable
Accuracy Sensor array
Gas detection NFC tag sensors
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Input and Output Critical Thinking: Feature of this work, and
Why (Justify)
Critical Thinking: Limitations of the research
current solution, and Why (Justify)
Input (Data) Output (View)
Different types of
Gas solutions used
with NFC tags
sensors. Doping,
functionalizing and
hybridization can be
done using diverse
gases.
The gas detector
detects the gases and
their leakage in a
particular area as a
safety.
In this gas is with the help of smartphones and
NFC sensors for the purpose of safety. When a
leakage is found then an alarm rings so that
precautions can be taken and some safety measures
can help humans, animals, and organic life.
It has only one sensing module in it and also these
tag sensors cannot be used for purpose of
conversions. Also, these sensors have very less
capacity.
(Describe the research/current solution) Evaluation Criteria How this research/current solution is valuable
for your project
In this gas is detected with the NFC sensors and
smartphones. It is used for a safety purpose
because leakage of gas is identified. After
detection, we apply NFC tag sensors for detection
of Staphylococcus aureus and KCL in the
solution (Xu, et. al., 2017).
In this end users are individual and it is used for the
purpose of safety for humans, animals, and organic
life. It is wireless and has a low cost plus it is very
flexible.
It is a wireless solution that is used for food safety,
health care purpose and monitoring of the
environment. It has biochemical sensing and tells
how NFC tag sensors can be used.
Diagram/Flowchart
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