MobiCoin: digital cash for m-commerce

  • Authors:
  • Ranjit Abbadasari;Ravi Mukkamala;V. Valli Kumari

  • Affiliations:
  • Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA;Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA;S.R.K.R Engineering College, Bhimavaram, AP, India

  • Venue:
  • ICDCIT'04 Proceedings of the First international conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Advances in mobile device technology have given rise to applications that rely on trusted hardware These have also made the once only virtually possible ideas into real applications One such application is transforming the mobile phone into a mobile wallet with digital cash that supports both anonymity (as in real cash) and security In this paper, we introduce MobiCoin, a protocol to support M-commerce transactions It employs SIM cards for data protection and active certificates for distributed trust MobiCoin is secure, durable, fair, atomic and accountable It may be used as a digital cash protocol with a mobile digital wallet without the trade-off for anonymity In addition, it is an offline protocol, thus increasing the efficiency and availability of m-commerce transactions The paper describes the model, the infrastructure, and the details of the protocol It also discusses some implementation issues and security implications of using the protocol.