ID-based secure real-time tracking system

Abstract

This article focuses on the security issues involved in the transportation of valuable materials. It tries to build a secure smart real-time freight tracking system in which the valuable materials can be under inspection and control at all times during its transportation from the supplier to the end user. The real-time tracking system can be achieved by combining technologies from Real-Time Tracking Systems (RTTSs), such as GPS and RFID, while the system environment sensing can be achieved using Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) that can add sensing ability to the moving valuable materials. This paper not only proposes a novel Identity-Based Cryptosystem (IBC) for securing an E-Seal that can be used to secure the communication of the real-time tracking communication but also addresses IBC based with lightweight computation specification that can be used in low computation devices for locking and unlocking of the E-Seal.