Novel Secure Platform for Avionic Applications Based on Optical CDMA

Author

Glesk, I. ; Huang, Y.-K. ; Uhlhorn, B.L. ; Prucnal, P.R.

Author_Institution

Princeton Univ., Princeton

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

27

Abstract

We designed, built, and demonstrated a novel optical CDMA-based platform running at OC-24 data rate, with three users and one eavesdropper. Error-free operation with BER better than 10^-12 was achieved. Based on our simulations, the testbed can support ten simultaneous users with BER<10^-9. Novel "dual-code" OCDMA transmitter and receiver were designed and demonstrated to deliver more secure data transmission approaching One-time Pad security by implementing optical layer XOR and having the capability to perform bit-to-bit code swapping. The testbed was developed under DARPA contract and delivered to Lockheed Martin for further performance evaluations in different avionic applications.

Keywords

avionics; code division multiple access; data communication; error statistics; optical receivers; optical transmitters; security of data; BER; Lockheed Martin; OC-24 data rate; avionics; bit-to-bit code swapping; dual-code OCDMA transmitter; dual-code receiver; error-free operation; optical CDMA; optical layer XOR; pad security; secure data transmission; secure platform; Aerospace electronics; Bit error rate; Data communication; Data security; Error-free operation; Multiaccess communication; Optical design; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0937-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0937-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2007.4365731

Filename

4365731