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Implementation of Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms in IoT Devices and Sensor Networks

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Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 2 (FTC 2022 2022)

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm for normal entities capable of sensing and interacting with Internet-connected smart gadgets. The information can be combined from several devices which is applied as statistics to share the databases with this information. The Internet of Things modernizes the chips, cellular network, and sensor network, by connecting everything to the Internet. It has a wide range of uses in our life and industry. One area that requires attention is ensuring the confidentiality, validity of information, and data integrity that arises as a consequence of security and privacy. We have examined in this paper the use of various design principles via the development of KLEIN lightweight block cipher design. This study has indicated that the suggested loop unrolled design technique is useful in terms of energy efficiency. This implementation leads to a more efficient design with a lower energy consumption per bit. The implementation of the unrolled architecture permits the unrolling of additional rounds, up to the entire number of rounds needed by the cipher.

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Hassan, A. (2023). Implementation of Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms in IoT Devices and Sensor Networks. In: Arai, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 2. FTC 2022 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 560. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18458-1_10

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