Title :
Secure stealth transmission over an existing public fiber-optical network
Author :
Wu, Bernard ; Narimanov, Evgenii
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We develop a spread-spectrum based approach to secure communications over existing public fiber-optical networks. The secure channel is hidden under the noise floor of the network thus allowing cryptographic and steganographic security capabilities.
Keywords :
cryptography; optical fibre networks; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication security; communications security; cryptographic security; noise floor; public fiber-optical network; spread-spectrum based approach; stealth transmission; steganographic security; Cryptography; Decoding; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Spread spectrum communication;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215402
