NXP's MIFARE is a proven, reliable, and robust technology for contactless smart cards. It's been on the market for more than 10 years and is now the world's most widely used technology for automatic fare collection. It gives passengers a simple, convenient way to access transportation -- travelers just wave their prepaid cards over a reader at the turnstile or entry, and they're on their way.
MIFARE Classic, the original version of the technology, is now used for public transport schemes in more than 650 cities in more than 50 countries. Many of these installations are starting to migrate to solutions that offers higher levels of performance, flexibility, and security. For many of these systems, MIFARE Plus is a significant security upgrade, and for others, MIFARE DESFire EV1 is a way to increase security while opening up opportunities for multi-applications use.
MIFARE Plus
MIFARE Plus brings benchmark security to mainstream contactless smart card applications. It is the only mainstream IC compatible with MIFARE Classic and offers a direct upgrade path for existing infrastructure and services. MIFARE Plus supports the pre-issuance of new cards and coexists with current and new cards. After upgrading the system infrastructure, service operators can switch MIFARE Plus-based cards in the field to a higher security level using AES encryption without needing to revoke or re-issue the cards.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), which attracts approximately 480 million boardings each year, is one of the first public transport systems to migrate their MIFARE Classic system to MIFARE Plus.
MIFARE DESFire EV1
MIFARE DESFire EV1 is an ideal solution for developers and providers wanting to combine and support multiple applications on one smart card. It fully complies with the requirements for fast and secure data transmission, flexible memory organization, and interoperability with existing infrastructure. It delivers the perfect balance of speed, performance, and cost efficiency. Its open concept allows future seamless integration of other media, such as smart paper tickets, key fobs, and mobile ticketing based on NFC. It is also fully compatible with the existing MIFARE reader hardware platform.
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