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An Improvement of NFC-SEC with Signed Exchanges for an e-Prescription-Based Application

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Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services (MobiCASE 2013)

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In the context of an aging population, drug intake can be a potential source of errors leading to death in some cases. Almost all of these errors are unintentional and come from incorrect prescriptions, unsuitable dosages for the patient or incompatibility with other treatments. To limit these risks which are especially important in the elderly or pre-dependency, we propose a secure system for drug treatment through the NFC (Near Field Communication) contact-less communication technology. The proposed system provides security mechanisms such as integrity, authentication, encryption and non-repudiation. To ensure this security, an extension of the international standard ISO/IED 13157 (NFC-SEC) is proposed to handle electronic signature based on a public key infrastructure.

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  1. Le2i, University of Burgundy, 9 avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078, Dijon, France

    Mohamad Hamze

  2. IRIT/ENSEEIHT, University of Toulouse, 2 rue Charles Camichel, BP 7122, 31071, Toulouse Cedex 7, France

    Fabrice Peyrard

  3. IRIT/ISIS, University of Toulouse, Rue Firmin Oules, 81100, Castres, France

    Emmanuel Conchon

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  1. Télécom ParisTech Department, 75013, Paris, France

    Gérard Memmi

  2. ETH Zürich, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Ulf Blanke

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Hamze, M., Peyrard, F., Conchon, E. (2014). An Improvement of NFC-SEC with Signed Exchanges for an e-Prescription-Based Application. In: Memmi, G., Blanke, U. (eds) Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. MobiCASE 2013. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 130. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05452-0_13

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