Review Article

Ultralightweight RFID Authentication Protocols for Low-Cost Passive RFID Tags

Table 3

Mutual authentication protocol classification.

Protocol ClassificationEPC Class associationExamples

HeavyweightClass 5/4Godor and Imre [22], Liu et al [23]

MiddleweightClass 3Wang et al [24], Chou [25], Zhang and Qi [26]

LightweightClass 2Lee et al [27], Liao et al [28]

UltralightweightClass 1/0Tewari and Gupta [29], SLAP [30], KMAP [31]