Fingerprint recognition distributed system

The paper proposes a distributed identification and verification system which integrates fingerprint recognition and Global Positioning System methods. The system is composed of a number of mobile fingerprinting terminals which communicate with data processing units using GSM\GPRS technology. The motivation for integrating GPS technology in an identification system is to add a supplementary security level by granting access based on area localization. In order to further increase the system security a cryptographic module is used to encrypt / decrypt messages passed between the distributed components. The system architecture is presented and main modules are described.