Contents protection system using smart card interface for digital CATV network based on the OpenCable specification

Author

Song, Won Jay ; Kim, Won Hee ; Kim, Bo Gwan ; Kang, Minho ; Choi, Munkee

Author_Institution

Opt. Internet Res. Center, Inf. & Commun. Univ., South Korea

fYear

2003

fDate

17-19 June 2003

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

275

Abstract

In this paper, we have proposed the merging of the OpenCable reference model with the smart card interface defined by ISO/IEC 7816-3 and have implemented a new conditional access system (CAS) using this interface along with a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) interface. In addition, we have also designed the hardware architecture of the point-of-deployment (POD) security module, designed with the Verilog HDL, using the above two interfaces. The designed POD security module has an embedded 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor that manages applications, such as an MPEG-2 filter, descrambler, and Data Encryption Standard (DES).

Keywords

IEC standards; ISO standards; authorisation; cable television; code standards; cryptography; digital television; embedded systems; hardware description languages; memory cards; microprocessor chips; open systems; reduced instruction set computing; smart cards; telecommunication computing; 32 bit; CAS; DES; Data Encryption Standard; ISO/IEC 7816-3; MPEG-2 filter; OpenCable specification; PCMCIA interface; POD security module; Personal Computer Memory Card International Association; Verilog HDL; conditional access system; contents protection system; descrambler; digital CATV network; embedded RISC microprocessor; point-of-deployment security module; reduced instruction set computer; smart card interface; Computer architecture; Content addressable storage; Data security; Hardware design languages; IEC standards; ISO standards; Merging; Microcomputers; Protection; Smart cards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2003. ICCE. 2003 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7721-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2003.1218920

Filename

1218920