Visible to the public Architectural Implementation of AES based 5G Security Protocol on FPGA

TitleArchitectural Implementation of AES based 5G Security Protocol on FPGA
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsRahim, Usva, Siddiqui, Muhammad Faisal, Javed, Muhammad Awais, Nafi, Nazmus
Conference Name2022 32nd International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC)
Keywords5G, 5G mobile communication, AES, FPGA, Protocols, pubcrawl, Real-time Systems, Resiliency, Scalability, security, signature based defense, simulation, Snow, Throughput
AbstractConfidentiality and integrity security are the key challenges in future 5G networks. To encounter these challenges, various signature and key agreement protocols are being implemented in 5G systems to secure high-speed mobile-to-mobile communication. Many security ciphers such as SNOW 3G, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and ZUC are used for 5G security. Among these protocols, the AES algorithm has been shown to achieve higher hardware efficiency and throughput in the literature. In this paper, we implement the AES algorithm on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and real-time performance factors of the AES algorithm were exploited to best fit the needs and requirements of 5G. In addition, several modifications such as partial pipelining and deep pipelining (partial pipelining with sub-module pipelining) are implemented on Virtex 6 FPGA ML60S board to improve the throughput of the proposed design.
DOI10.1109/ITNAC55475.2022.9998367
Citation Keyrahim_architectural_2022