High-speed GCM-AES block cipher apparatus and method
US7840003B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/125
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A high-speed Galois Counter Mode-Advanced Encryption Standard (GCM-AES) block cipher apparatus and method is provided. The apparatus can operate at a low clock frequency of 125 MHz and provide a 2 Gbps link encryption function in an Optical Line Termination (OLT) and an Optical Network Unit (ONU) of an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON). 11-round block cipher of 128- bit input data is implemented using an 8-round Counter-AES (CTR-AES) block cipher module and a 3-round CTR-AES block cipher module, so that it is possible to provide a 1 Gbps link security function for an input frequency of 62.5 MHz and a 2 Gbps link security function for an input frequency of 125 MHz.
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