Embedded system for staff access control using NFC and MIFARE technologies

Authors

  • Rodrigo Andrés Góngora Herrera Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
  • Brayan David Ruiz Rubiano Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
  • Darin Jairo Mosquera Palacios Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/syt.v15i40.2403

Keywords:

Access control, Android, contactless communications, embedded system, personal identification, NFC, RFID.

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis and performance evaluation of an embedded prototype to control the access of people to companies or institutions by using short range wireless technologies, like NFC and RFID. The developed system proposes a hybrid identification method between MIFARE cards and smartphones with Android operating system. It integrates a web platform in charge of the processing of the system data and increase the use of the technology through services where the gathering of people and objects register and authentication is required. With this proposal, we seek to optimize the time in the identification transactions and improve the security in places where the manual access is carried out. This work is an answer to the need of an adequate management of the access control of the Technological Faculty personnel in the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá: the chosen scenario for testing our proposal.

Author Biographies

  • Rodrigo Andrés Góngora Herrera, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
    Technologist in Data Systematization from the Technological Fa­culty of the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá, Colombia), and member of ORION research group. His broader interest areas are the design and development of web applications
  • Brayan David Ruiz Rubiano, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
    Technologist in Data Systematization from the Technological Faculty of the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá, Colombia), and member of ORION research group. His broader interest areas are the development of Mobile applications and the Internet of Things [IoT]
  • Darin Jairo Mosquera Palacios, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
    Systems Engineer, Specialist in Tele-informatics and Master in Tele-informatics; full-time professor at the Technological Faculty of the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas and Director of ORION research group (emphasis in telematics)

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2017-04-05

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