Analysis of Selected Cryptographic Algorithms for Data Transmission in Airborne Networks

S. Baliński, P. Śniatała, M. Sobieraj, A. Grocholewska-Czuryło (Poznan Univ. of Techn., Poland), J. Xie, S. Ren (San Diego State Univ., USA)

The article presents an analysis of selected cryptographic algorithms for their application in data transmission in airborne networks, as well as other devices that use microcontrollers, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Different types of microcontrollers used in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms are presented. The ESP32 microcontroller is used for hardware testing. A selected set of lightweight cryptography algorithms is implemented in the microcontroller to test their computational efficiency. The tests for AEAD algorithms include: ChaChaPoly, ASCON-128, TinyJAMBU, ISAP, and PHOTONBeetle, and for Hashing algorithms: BLAKE2s, ASCON-HASH, and PHOTON-Beetle-HASH.