CardLab. A Java Card Benchmarking Environment

Java smart cards are revolutionising the smart card market, mainly due to their platform-independence, ease of programming, security, multi-functionality and dynamic upload features. Performance of Java smart cards becomes increasingly important. This paper presents CardLab, an evaluation method for Java smart cards, consisting of a benchmarking and performance measurement environment and a complementing qualitative analysis. The CardLab prototype represents a powerful environment for card manufacturers to check the quality and performance of their card systems and to compare it to others, as well as for the card issuers to select a particular card system.