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Chaotic encryption of speech signals

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This paper introduces a speech encryption approach, which is based on permutation of speech segments using chaotic Baker map and substitution using masks in both time and transform domains. Two parameters are extracted from the main key used in the generation of mask. Either the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) or the Discrete Sine Transform (DST) can be used in the proposed cryptosystem to remove the residual intelligibility resulting from permutation and masking in time domain. Substitution with Masks is used in this cryptosystem to fill the silent periods within speech conversation and destroy format and pitch information. Permutation with chaotic Baker map is used in to maximize the benefits of the permutation process in encryption by using large-size blocks to allow more audio segments to be permutated. The proposed cryptosystem has a low complexity, small delay, and high degree of security. Simulation results prove that the proposed cryptosystem is robust to the presence of noise.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menofia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt

    Emad Mosa, Nagy W. Messiha, Osama Zahran & Fathi E. Abd El-Samie

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Mosa, E., Messiha, N.W., Zahran, O. et al. Chaotic encryption of speech signals. Int J Speech Technol 14, 285–296 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10772-011-9103-7

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