Research Article

Multifactor Authentication for Smart Emergency Medical Response Transporters

Table 1

Notations.

SymbolDescription

Transporter
Server
Edge device: sensor or actuator
Handheld device: smartphone, tablet, etc.
Emergency practitionerPerson giving emergency services such as a paramedic, doctor, or a nurse using a handheld device
IDtIdentity of transporter
IDsIdentity of server
IDedIdentity of edge device Ed
IDhdIDhd Identity of handheld device Hd
Biometric of handheld device user
DBedCRP dataset associate with built-in PUF of edge device Ed
Symmetric key of transporter
Symmetric key of server
Symmetric key of edge device Ed
Symmetric key of handheld device Hd
Session secret key
PUF-based secret key
Nonce
Check equality of and
Ep (, )Symmetric encryption of message m with public key
Es (, )Symmetric encryption of message m with secret key
Dp (, )Symmetric decryption of message m with public key
Ds (, )Symmetric decryption of message m with secret key
Collision-resistant one-way hash function of message
Collision-resistant one-way cryptographic hash of message using secret key
Request (IDs,IDed, )Request to communication between source IDs and destination IDed and an encrypted message
A sends a message to B through a communication channel
Concatenating two messages m1 and m2
Bitwise XOR operation between m1 and m2