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Entrance Security Systems (ESSs) are being used widely throughout the world. In traditional ESSs, we all have to carry ID cards, probably more than one, and also pairing between ID cards and detectors should be completed to satisfy authorization. Thus, traditional complex ESSs approaches cause inefficiency of time and cost. In this paper, we introduce our disruptive innovation solution, Cloud Based Near Field Communications (NFC) ESS, which contributes ESS technological approach in a prospective way by using NFC as a communication infrastructure that gives significant advancement in mobility. In addition to these developments, the system being cloud oriented reduces complexity. This paper also states the problems of traditional ESS and then describes our innovative theoretical solution to embrace these problems. Also we describe our design proposal in order to capture technical challenges and help to establish a common understanding about Cloud Based NFC ESS.

KEYWORDS

Near Field Communications (NFC), Mobile, Cloud, Entrance Security System (ESS)

ABSTRACT

1 NFC

1.1 Overview

Near Field Communications (NFC) is a short-range wireless technology that allows mobile devices to actively interact with passive physical objects and other NFC enabled active mobile devices, which enables connection between the physical world and mobile services. NFC has the possibility to change the way we interact with the world around us.

1.2 Existing Systems

NFC based solutions are so popular around the world for various kind of actions such as "Google Wallet" for payments, "DoubleTwist" application for MP3 sharing, "Hashable" application for contact sharing and so on... So that NFC is making our life easier by using the capabilities of mobility.

1.3 Details

Devices having NFC capability may be active or passive. A passive device, such as an NFC tag, an unpowered NFC chip, contains information that other devices can read but does not read any information from other NFC devices. Active devices, such as smart phones and similar devices containing NFC chip, can read and write data.

The security issues could be raised during interacting data connections between passive and active devices; however NFC establishes a secure channel and uses encryption to make secure connections.

2 ENTRANCE SECURITY SYSTEMS

Entrance Security Systems (ESSs) are being used widely throughout the world especially...

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