A Reconfigurable Crypto Sub System for the Sotware Communication Architecture
Résumé
Upgradeability and interoperability are main concerns of Software Defined Radio (SDR). But in the case of military applications, security is also a relevant aspect of SDR. The Secure Software Communication Architecture (SSCA) is a standardized solution to secure SDR. This architecture needs a cryptographic processor for security purposes. However, currently available SSCA compliant ASIC-based cryptoprocessors limit radio set upgradeability and interoperability. In this paper, we describe the first non-confidential reconfigurable cryptoprocessor architecture for SSCA. We provide some area estimation of processor main parts on Xilinx Virtex 4 FPGA.