Computationally efficient mutual authentication protocol for remote infant incubator monitoring system

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Healthcare Technology
• Cybersecurity

Background:

• Remote healthcare monitoring is enhanced by the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and wireless medical sensor networks.
• Resource-limited sensors in healthcare systems, particularly infant incubators, require continuous and accurate operation for critical decision-making.
• Ensuring data authenticity between infant incubator monitoring systems and healthcare professionals is crucial for patient safety.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a computationally efficient mutual authentication protocol using public-key encryption for secure data transmission in infant incubator monitoring systems.
• To enhance the security and performance of data exchange between incubator monitoring systems and doctors or administrators.
• To ensure the authenticity and integrity of data used for critical healthcare decisions.

Main Methods:

• Development of a public key encryption-based mutual authentication protocol.
• Security analysis to evaluate the protocol's resilience against various cyber threats.
• Performance analysis comparing the proposed protocol with existing Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) and elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) based schemes.

Main Results:

• The proposed protocol demonstrates improved performance and reduced computational cost compared to existing methods.
• Security analysis confirms the protocol's robustness against common security attacks.
• Performance analysis indicates superior efficiency over RSA and ECC-based authentication protocols.

Conclusions:

• The developed protocol provides a secure and efficient solution for authenticating data transmission in infant incubator monitoring systems.
• This advancement contributes to the reliability of remote healthcare monitoring, especially for vulnerable infant populations.
• The protocol offers a practical approach to safeguarding sensitive medical data and ensuring trustworthy remote patient care.