A Comprehensive and Comparative Study of Elliptic Curve Cryptography Hardware Implementations for WSN

Ghanmy, Nabil; Fourati, Lamia Chaari; Kamoun, Lotfı

doi:10.20533/ijrfidsc.2046.3715.2014.0014

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“…Several ECC hardware-based solutions have been proposed in literature [ 57 ]. In [ 58 ], the authors proposed a low cost ECC processor to be used in sensor node systems.…”

Section: Microcontroller Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors

Panić

Stecklina

Stamenković

2016

Sensors

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Wireless sensor network applications range from industrial automation and control, agricultural and environmental protection, to surveillance and medicine. In most applications, data are highly sensitive and must be protected from any type of attack and abuse. Security challenges in wireless sensor networks are mainly defined by the power and computing resources of sensor devices, memory size, quality of radio channels and susceptibility to physical capture. In this article, an embedded sensor node microcontroller designed to support sensor network applications with severe security demands is presented. It features a low power 16-bitprocessor core supported by a number of hardware accelerators designed to perform complex operations required by advanced crypto algorithms. The microcontroller integrates an embedded Flash and an 8-channel 12-bit analog-to-digital converter making it a good solution for low-power sensor nodes. The article discusses the most important security topics in wireless sensor networks and presents the architecture of the proposed hardware solution. Furthermore, it gives details on the chip implementation, verification and hardware evaluation. Finally, the chip power dissipation and performance figures are estimated and analyzed.

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“…Several ECC hardware-based solutions have been proposed in literature [ 57 ]. In [ 58 ], the authors proposed a low cost ECC processor to be used in sensor node systems.…”

Section: Microcontroller Designmentioning

confidence: 99%