Integrated security and error control for communication networks using the McEliece cryptosystem

Author

Alabbadi, Mohssen ; Wicker, Stephen B.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

14-16 Oct 1992

Firstpage

172

Lastpage

178

Abstract

The McEliece public key cryptosystem is modified to create an integrated security/error control system for digital communication networks. The security of the resulting system is examined in detail, with particular emphasis on the trade-off between error control and security. Cryptographic and communication measures of the performance of the system are established. The performance of the system for codewords of length 1024 is reported. A method is described for making the integrated system adaptive to changes in channel conditions

Keywords

digital communication systems; public key cryptography; McEliece cryptosystem; codewords; digital communication networks; integrated security/error control system; public key cryptography; Automatic repeat request; Block codes; Communication networks; Communication system security; Data communication; Decoding; Error correction; Error correction codes; Public key; Public key cryptography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Security Technology, 1992. Crime Countermeasures, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1992 International Carnahan Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0568-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCST.1992.253739

Filename

253739