HiPAcc-LTE: An integrated high performance accelerator for 3GPP LTE stream ciphers

Sourav Sen Gupta*, Anupam Chattopadhyay, Ayesha Khalid

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Abstract

Stream ciphers SNOW 3G and ZUC are the major players in the domain of next generation mobile security as both of them have been included in the security portfolio of 3GPP LTE-Advanced, the potential candidate for 4G mobile broadband communication standard. In this paper, we propose HiPAcc-LTE, a high performance integrated design that combines the two ciphers in hardware, based on their structural similarities. The integrated architecture reduces the area overhead significantly compared to two distinct cores, and also provides almost double throughput in terms of keystream generation. This is in comparison with the state-of-the-art implementations of the individual ciphers, both in the academic literature as well as in the commercial domain. We present detailed description of the design idea, optimization techniques and comparison results in this paper. Long term vision of this hardware integration approach for cryptographic primitives is to build a flexible core supporting multiple designs having similar algorithmic structures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Cryptology, INDOCRYPT 2011 - 12th International Conference on Cryptology in India, Proceedings
Pages196-215
Number of pages20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Dec 2011
Event12th International Conference on Cryptology in India, INDOCRYPT 2011 - Chennai, India
Duration: 11 Dec 201114 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7107 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Cryptology in India, INDOCRYPT 2011
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityChennai
Period11/12/201114/12/2011

Keywords

  • 3GPP
  • Area Efficiency
  • ASIC
  • Hardware Implementation
  • High Throughput
  • LTE-Advanced
  • SNOW 3G
  • Stream Cipher
  • ZUC

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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