Chaos Coding-Based QAM IQ-Encryption for Improved Security in OFDMA-PON

Author

Wei Zhang ; Chongfu Zhang ; Wei Jin ; Chen Chen ; Ning Jiang ; Kun Qiu

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Opt. Fiber Sensing & Commun. Networks, Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

26

Issue

19

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct.1, 1 2014

Firstpage

1964

Lastpage

1967

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) encryption method based on chaos coding for security improvement in orthogonal frequency-division multiple access-based passive optical network (OFDMA-PON) systems. In the encrypted QAM symbols, the real ((I) ) and imaginary ((Q) ) parts are separately coded with key sequences, which are generated by a modified Logistic mapping. Iteration parameters of the mapping formula are set as the security keys, which are determined in each optical network unit (ONU) and then sent to optical line terminal (OLT). The key sequences for different ONUs are generated with their corresponding security keys. According to the subcarrier allocation information, downstream signal is encrypted in the OLT and then decrypted in each ONU with distinct key sequences. Encryption of 10-Gb/s 16QAM OFDM and 12.5-Gb/s 32QAM OFDM signals has been successfully implemented over 30-km standard single mode fiber in the security improved OFDMA-PON.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; cryptography; frequency division multiple access; iterative methods; optical chaos; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; passive optical networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; OFDMA-PON systems; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 12.5 Gbit/s; chaos coding-based QAM IQ-encryption method; distance 30 km; iIteration parameters; modified logistic mapping; optical line terminal; orthogonal frequency-division multiple access-based passive optical network systems; quadrature amplitude modulation encryption method; security keys; single mode fiber; Chaos; Encryption; OFDM; Optical network units; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Passive optical network (PON); chaos encryption; orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA); quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2343616

Filename

6867291