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Secure Wireless Image Communication Using LSB Steganography and Chaotic Baker Ciphering

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The popularity of wireless multimedia applications in real life and the open nature of wireless media for access make the security of confidential multimedia over wireless channels a major task. This paper proposes a two multi-layer security algorithm using steganography with encryption that strengthens the image security through its transmission over a wireless channel. The steganography conceals the data existence within a cover medium, while the encryption hides the data meaning by using specific algorithms. The suitability of image as a cover medium is due to abundance of redundant bits, and bulk data capacity. The chaos based encryption algorithms are adopted in this paper. In this work a confidential image is embedded into a cover image using least significant bit steganography, and then the output stego image is encrypted using a 2-D Logistic map or 2-D chaotic Baker map. The encrypted stego image is then transmitted over a wireless AWGN channel and the reverse processes are implemented to extract the received secret image. Several experiments have been carried out to examine the suitability of the proposed algorithms for securing high sensitivity images through transmission over wireless channels at different noise levels.

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  1. Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

    Sabry S. Nassar & Nabil M. Ayad

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt

    Hamdy M. Kelash & Osama S. Faragallah

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Shebin El-kom, 32511, Egypt

    Hala S. El-sayed

  4. Faculty of Industrial Education, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt

    Mohsen A. M. El-Bendary

  5. Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt

    Fathi E. Abd El-Samie

  6. Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Al-Hawiya, 21974, Saudi Arabia

    Osama S. Faragallah

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Nassar, S.S., Ayad, N.M., Kelash, H.M. et al. Secure Wireless Image Communication Using LSB Steganography and Chaotic Baker Ciphering. Wireless Pers Commun 91, 1023–1049 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-016-3387-5

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