Ownership transfer protocol for RFID objects using lightweight computing operators

Manufactured product items are usually transported from the factory to distributors first and then distributed to retailers before selling to customers. Since RFID technology is widely adopted for supply chain management, ownership transaction is able to record inside the attached RFID tag when a product item with its RFID tag was sold and transported to its new owner such as distributor and retailer. Existing RFID-based ownership transfer protocols were challenged by researchers in terms of security robustness, owner privacy protection and protocol efficiency. In this study, we proposed a novel ownership transfer protocol for RFID-tagged objects using lightweight computing operators to achieve general security requirements during ownership transaction. Our analyses show that our proposed protocol provides stronger security robustness and higher performance efficiency in comparison with existing solutions.