Title :
Physical layer security: All-optical cryptography in access networks
Author :
Cincotti, Gabriella ; Sacchieri, Valentina ; Manzacca, Gianluca ; Kataoka, Nobuyuki ; Wada, Naoya ; Nakagawa, Naoki ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Electron., Univ. of Roma Tre, Rome
Abstract :
The physical layer security of passive optical networks (PON) is investigated within a rigorous cryptoanalysis framework; we consider different threats and confidentiality attacks and propose different secure optical code division multiple access (OCDMA)-based architectures.
Keywords :
channel capacity; code division multiple access; cryptography; optical fibre subscriber loops; OCDMA; access networks; all-optical cryptography; channel capacity; cryptoanalysis framework; optical code division multiple access; passive optical networks; physical layer security; Cryptography; Data security; Decoding; Encoding; Multiaccess communication; Optical network units; Optical pulse generation; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Physical layer; bit-ciphering; block-ciphering; cryptography; optical code division multiple access (OCDMA); passive optical network (PON); security;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2625-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2626-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598751
