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Table 1 Mathematical notations and their meanings

From: Trusted service manager (TSM) based privacy preserving and secure mobile commerce framework with formal verification

Notation

Meaning

Notation

Meaning

C

Client

TID

Transaction identifier

IB

Issuing bank

Item no

Item number of the goods

AB

Acquirer/acquiring bank

Success

Success

MNO

Mobile network operator

PI

Payment information

TSM

Trusted service manager

\( DS_{{X_{Y} }} \)

Digital signature generated by ‘X’ for ‘Y’

CA

Certifying authority

MS

Message

Amt

Amount

\( N_{X} \)

Nonce generated by entity ‘X’

\( Cert_{X} \)

Certificate of the participant ‘X’

\( T_{X} \)

Timestamp generated by ‘X’

OI

Order information

POS

Point of sale

\( K_{XY} \)

Symmetric key shared between ‘X’ and ‘Y’ participants

HOI

Hashed order information