Highly Secure Active, Satellite-enabled RFID System with Sensor Capability

The proposed Phase I research will prove the feasibility of developing a secure, satellite-enabled, radio frequency identification (RFID) system for verifying the location of and tracking in-transit items without disclosing the location or nature of the communications to unintended individuals. SecureRF’s breakthrough cryptographic protocol, the Algebraic Eraser™, is the world’s first linear-based security algorithm that is small enough to fit on resource constrained devices. The anticipated result of Phase 1 is to determine the feasibility of implementing this protocol within an active RFID tag with GPS functions to authenticate the incoming satellite signal’s request, take the tag from a dormant state to quickly encrypt and transmit the tag’s location along with protected data on the tag and then return it to a dormant state. Implementing cryptography directly on RFID tags is a significant innovation as current security standards cannot address this need. SecureRF will develop the cryptographic model and show how it can be combined with current mature technologies to create a private, secure, active, global RFID system with sensors. The research team includes a leading RFID engineer and world-class cryptographers. In Phase II, a prototype of this system will be designed, developed and produced for field testing.