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Pipelined packet encryption and decryption using counter mode with cipher-block chaining message authentication code protocol

US8229110B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2008
Grant dateJul 24, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus includes a key mixing circuit to generate N groups of decryption seeds, each generated based upon a predetermined key, a transmitter address, and a predetermined start value for a packet number. An input circuit receives N encrypted packets, each including the transmitter address and one of N values for the packet number. A decryption circuit decrypts each of the N encrypted packets using one of the N groups of decryption seeds that was generated based on the one of the N values in a respective one of the N encrypted packets. The key mixing circuit generates each of the N groups of decryption seeds before the input circuit receives the respective one of the N encrypted packets of the data. The predetermined start value is initialized when the apparatus is initialized and incremented when each of the N groups of decryption seeds is generated.

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