An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors
Wireless sensor network applications range from industrial automation and control, agricultural and environmental protection, to surveillance and medicine. In most applications, data are highly sensitive and must be protected from any type of attack and abuse. Security challenges in wireless sensor...
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| author | Goran Panić Oliver Stecklina Zoran Stamenković |
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| description | Wireless sensor network applications range from industrial automation and control, agricultural and environmental protection, to surveillance and medicine. In most applications, data are highly sensitive and must be protected from any type of attack and abuse. Security challenges in wireless sensor networks are mainly defined by the power and computing resources of sensor devices, memory size, quality of radio channels and susceptibility to physical capture. In this article, an embedded sensor node microcontroller designed to support sensor network applications with severe security demands is presented. It features a low power 16-bitprocessor core supported by a number of hardware accelerators designed to perform complex operations required by advanced crypto algorithms. The microcontroller integrates an embedded Flash and an 8-channel 12-bit analog-to-digital converter making it a good solution for low-power sensor nodes. The article discusses the most important security topics in wireless sensor networks and presents the architecture of the proposed hardware solution. Furthermore, it gives details on the chip implementation, verification and hardware evaluation. Finally, the chip power dissipation and performance figures are estimated and analyzed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67d34a9f932e477695fbc0c6667567dc2022-12-22T02:14:50ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202016-04-0116560710.3390/s16050607s16050607An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-ProcessorsGoran Panić0Oliver Stecklina1Zoran Stamenković2IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt, GermanyIHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt, GermanyIHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt, GermanyWireless sensor network applications range from industrial automation and control, agricultural and environmental protection, to surveillance and medicine. In most applications, data are highly sensitive and must be protected from any type of attack and abuse. Security challenges in wireless sensor networks are mainly defined by the power and computing resources of sensor devices, memory size, quality of radio channels and susceptibility to physical capture. In this article, an embedded sensor node microcontroller designed to support sensor network applications with severe security demands is presented. It features a low power 16-bitprocessor core supported by a number of hardware accelerators designed to perform complex operations required by advanced crypto algorithms. The microcontroller integrates an embedded Flash and an 8-channel 12-bit analog-to-digital converter making it a good solution for low-power sensor nodes. The article discusses the most important security topics in wireless sensor networks and presents the architecture of the proposed hardware solution. Furthermore, it gives details on the chip implementation, verification and hardware evaluation. Finally, the chip power dissipation and performance figures are estimated and analyzed.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/607sensor nodesecuritycryptographyprocessorsystem-on-chip |
| spellingShingle | Goran Panić Oliver Stecklina Zoran Stamenković An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors Sensors sensor node security cryptography processor system-on-chip |
| title | An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors |
| title_full | An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors |
| title_fullStr | An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors |
| title_short | An Embedded Sensor Node Microcontroller with Crypto-Processors |
| title_sort | embedded sensor node microcontroller with crypto processors |
| topic | sensor node security cryptography processor system-on-chip |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/607 |
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