Development of Secure RFID Authentication System for Electronic Inter-Campus Transportation Billing

Abstract

A good transportation system is an essential recipe to the economy of every city. This work made attempts to improve the transportation billing system by automating the process using RFID technology, devoid of physical cash collection. Inter-campus University transportation service is taken as a case study. Secure RFID reader and tag was used, employing an AES encryption scheme for authentication, where users register with their student identification card which is their unique RFID tags and credit their account in preparation for future travel. The prototype system is developed to place on hold a faulty vehicle while making suggestions for vehicles that are available for travels. The system also saves the record of each travel with respect to the time and destination of the vehicle. Accuracy and response time were metrics used to evaluate the performance of the implemented prototype system; the accuracy of the system when tested on fifteen (15) different users is 100%, while the system has an average response time of 0.29 seconds.