Efficient hardware architecture for the AES-CCM protocol of the IEEE 802.11i standard

Applications of wireless communications networks are emerging continuously. To offer a good level of security in these applications, new standards for wireless communications propose solutions based on cryptographic algorithms working on special modes of operation. This work presents a custom hardware architecture for the AES-CCM Protocol (AES-CCMP) which is the basis for the security architecture of the IEEE 802.11i standard. AES-CCMP is based on the AES-CCM algorithm that performs the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in CTR with CBC-MAC mode (CCM mode), plus specialized data formatting modules, providing different security services through iterative and complex operations. Results of *Manuscript Click here to view linked References