Physical Layer Encryption for Industrial Ethernet in Gigabit Optical Links

Pérez-Resa, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Garcia-Bosque, M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sánchez-Azqueta, C. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Celma, S. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Industrial Ethernet is a technology widely spread in factory floors and critical infrastructures where a high amount of data need to be collected and transported. Fiber optic networks at gigabit rates fit well with that type of environment, where speed, system performance, and reliability are critical. In this paper, a new encryption method for high-speed optical communications suitable for such kinds of networks is proposed. This new encryption method consists of a symmetric streaming encryption of the 8b/10b data flow at physical coding sublayer level. It is carried out thanks to a format preserving encryption block cipher working in CTR (counter) mode. The overall system has been simulated and implemented in a field programmable gate array. Thanks to experimental results, it can be concluded that it is possible to cipher traffic at this physical level in a secure way. In addition, no overhead is introduced during encryption, getting minimum latency and maximum throughput.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2018.2847670

Año: 2019

Publicado en: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS 66, 4 (2019), 3287-3295
ISSN: 0278-0046

Factor impacto JCR: 7.515 (2019)

Categ. JCR: AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS rank: 4 / 63 = 0.063 (2019) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION rank: 1 / 64 = 0.016 (2019) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 16 / 266 = 0.06 (2019) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.911 - Computer Science Applications (Q1) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q1) - Control and Systems Engineering (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU14-03523
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/TEC2014-52840-R

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Aplicada (Dpto. Física Aplicada)
Área (Departamento): Proy. investigación JBA (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)
Área (Departamento): Área Electrónica (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)