On the Power Consumption of Cryptographic Processors in Civil Microdrones

Abdulhadi Shoufan, Hassan Alnoon, Joonsang Baek

2015

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the security requirements of civil microdrones and propose a hardware architecture to meet these requirements. While hardware solutions are usually used to accelerate cryptographic operations and reduce their power consumption, we show that the latter aspect needs to be reviewed in the context of civil drones. Specifcally, adding cryptgraphic hardware to a flying device increases its weight and, thus, the power needed to fly this device. Depending on the relative weight of the added cryptographic processor, the computational power advantage of the hardware solution may be undone by the additional hadrware weight. This aspect is analyzed for the proposed hardware solution.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Shoufan A., Alnoon H. and Baek J. (2015). On the Power Consumption of Cryptographic Processors in Civil Microdrones . In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-081-9, pages 283-290. DOI: 10.5220/0005273402830290

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp15,
author={Abdulhadi Shoufan and Hassan Alnoon and Joonsang Baek},
title={On the Power Consumption of Cryptographic Processors in Civil Microdrones},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2015},
pages={283-290},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005273402830290},
isbn={978-989-758-081-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - On the Power Consumption of Cryptographic Processors in Civil Microdrones
SN - 978-989-758-081-9
AU - Shoufan A.
AU - Alnoon H.
AU - Baek J.
PY - 2015
SP - 283
EP - 290
DO - 10.5220/0005273402830290