Applied Physical Layer Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing Encryption

Project Information

APLOE

Grant agreement ID: 274723

Closed project

Start date 16 May 2011

End date 15 November 2013

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 245 448,05

EU contribution € 245 448,05

Coordinated by

IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS
Greece

Objective

"Future telecommunication products promise increased data rates and signal quality, enabling the convergence of services including voice, data and video on wireless platforms. The majority of 4G systems, including LTE, employ OFDM modulation. For the success of these systems, a key, user-oriented requirement is security in the wireless transmission. Security in current wireless systems is achieved by cryptographic algorithms that are employed at upper layers of the network.

Commonly encryption algorithms rely on – unproven – assumptions about the difficulty in solving certain mathematical problems. An increasing number of widespread encryption algorithms were recently compromised and proved inefficient for secure wireless transmission. Such issues prohibit the expansion of services such as secure mobile banking. On the other hand, it has been rigorously demonstrated that encryption at the physical layer can offer unconditional security. Physical layer encryption approaches are unbreakable, invoking perfect secrecy in the wireless transmission of data of any kind.

The principal aim of this research program is to investigate a novel approach for physical layer encryption for systems that use OFDM modulation, termed Masked-OFDM (MOFDM). The proposed project is relevant to 4G wireless systems. The ultimate objective of this is work is to address theoretical, technical and practical aspects of the MOFDM systems. The means by which these aims will be achieved can be grouped into three main themes:
1. A thorough analysis of the signal properties and possible variations of MOFDM systems will be performed.
2. The development of realistic system scenarios will be investigated. The main issue to be addressed is the reduction of power consumption and therefore the prolongation of the device battery duration. Furthermore, synchronisation strategies are to be researched.
3. Finally, the proposal of practical designs for 4G systems is envisaged."

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › computer security › cryptography
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › telecommunications networks › mobile network › 4G
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF
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Funding Scheme

MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)

Coordinator

IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS

Administrative Contact

Zinovia Papatheodorou (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 245 448,05
• Address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 ; 70013 Irakleio ; Greece
• Region: Νησιά Αιγαίου › Κρήτη › Ηράκλειο
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data