Physical layer encryption based on digital chaos in THz wireless communication

IF 2.6 3区计算机科学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Optical Fiber Technology Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI:10.1016/j.yofte.2024.104118

Qinghui Chen , Cong Peng , Li Zhao , Weihao You , Hong Wen , Jianshe Li

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose and implement a digital chaos-based encryption scheme that enhances the security of free space communication in a photonics-assisted terahertz wave (THz-wave) wireless data transmission system operating at 340 GHz. We experimentally demonstrate that the delivery of traditional and encrypted 16 Gbaud 16QAM-OFDM and PS-64QAM-OFDM (5.5 bit/symbol) signals over 20 km of standard single mode fiber (SSMF) and a wireless distance 25/54 m. The bit-error ratio (BER) performance of each signal meets the soft-decision forward-error-correction (SD-FEC) threshold of 4.2 × 10⁻². The experimental results show that the encryption scheme does not degrade the performance of the OFDM signals. Furthermore, we analyze the encryption algorithm’s security based on Kerckhoff’s principle, which states that a tiny deviation from the correct keys would make the eavesdropper unable to obtain useful information, and the BER would remain around 0.5. The proposed encryption scheme based on a digital three-dimensional multi-scroll chaotic system, has a huge key space of size 2¹⁴⁵ bits, which can effectively prevent exhaustive key-search attacks.

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Optical Fiber Technology 工程技术-电信学

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

11.10%

发文量

327

审稿时长

63 days

期刊介绍： Innovations in optical fiber technology are revolutionizing world communications. Newly developed fiber amplifiers allow for direct transmission of high-speed signals over transcontinental distances without the need for electronic regeneration. Optical fibers find new applications in data processing. The impact of fiber materials, devices, and systems on communications in the coming decades will create an abundance of primary literature and the need for up-to-date reviews. Optical Fiber Technology: Materials, Devices, and Systems is a new cutting-edge journal designed to fill a need in this rapidly evolving field for speedy publication of regular length papers. Both theoretical and experimental papers on fiber materials, devices, and system performance evaluation and measurements are eligible, with emphasis on practical applications.