Implementing the Lightweight mCrypton Algorithm in Hardware using FPGA

Abstract

The use of lightweight cryptography might be beneficial for low-power devices such as RFID tags, nodes in the Internet of Things, and nodes in wireless sensor network nodes. When developing a lightweight strategy, it is essential to take into consideration a cryptographic algorithm’s data storage requirements, processing speed, throughput, and energy consumption. Taking everything into consideration, the findings of this research provide a contemporary foundation for the effective lightweight cryptographic technology known as mCrypton. The restoration not only reduces the overall size of the common rooms but also boosts the efficiency of those spaces. FPGA boards manufactured by Xilinx, namely the Spartan 3, were used in the construction of the recommended design by ISE. The results of the simulation show that the proposed architecture is capable of functioning at a frequency of 302 MHz, accomplishing a amount of 646 Mbps, also accomplishing an efficacy of 1.7 Mbps/slice while using a entire of 0.089 W of power. Because of this, the proposed layout achieves superior results than those of its contemporaries in terms of the amount of space used, the energy consumption, the performance, and the throughput.