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<p>User authentication, as a fundamental security protocol, has been addressed with more concerns recently. Unlike normal authentication processes invoked by a user to access the network, biosensors with healthcare applications normally need to be validated automatically, followed by data transmission to the remote server without any explicit request. Hence, implied authentication procedure involved in such application scenarios shall be addressed. In this paper, a novel tri-factor user authentication protocol with mutual access is proposed for the body sensor networks (BSN) in healthcare application. It is demonstrated that the proposed protocol has its advantages over the existing two-factor user authentication schemes.</p>
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User authentication, as a fundamental security protocol, has been addressed with more concerns recently. Unlike normal authentication processes invoked by a user to access the network, biosensors with healthcare applications normally need to be validated automatically, followed by data transmission to the remote server without any explicit request. Hence, implied authentication procedure involved in such application scenarios shall be addressed. In this paper, a novel tri-factor user authentication protocol with mutual access is proposed for the body sensor networks (BSN) in healthcare application. It is demonstrated that the proposed protocol has its advantages over the existing two-factor user authentication schemes.

A Novel Tri-Factor Mutual Authentication with Biometrics for Wireless Body Sensor Networks in Healthcare Applications

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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User authentication, as a fundamental security protocol, has been addressed with more concerns recently. Unlike normal authentication processes invoked by a...

A Novel Tri-Factor Mutual Authentication with Biometrics for Wireless Body Sensor Networks in Healthcare Applications

Pubblicato online: 05 giu 2013

Pagine: 910 - 931

Ricevuto: 29 set 2012

Accettato: 16 mag 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-572

© 2013 Chen-Guang He et al., published by Sciendo

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