A5/1 Algorithm Based On Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) Technology

	International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT)
	© 2015 by IJPTT Journal
	Volume - 5 Issue - 1
	Year of Publication : 2015
	Authors : Rashmi Chawla , Priyanka Gaur , Sunita Rani , Naresh Tanwar
	DOI :  10.14445/22492615/IJPTT-V15P403

Citation

Rashmi Chawla , Priyanka Gaur , Sunita Rani , Naresh Tanwar " A5/1 Algorithm Based On Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) Technology ". International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT), V5(1): 15-24 Jan - Feb 2015, ISSN:2249-2615, www.ijpttjournal.org, Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

Abstract

The motivation for this paper has been basically the need of security for mobile communication which not only effects military but also personal usage. Quantum Cellular Automata (QCA) is an emerging new nano-technology that not only serves as an alternative solution to CMOS which decreases lots of physical limits and circuitry boundations [18]. QCA is a transistor-less technology and here information is passed based on the charge on electron and by mutual electrostatic repulsion between them. QCA has very high device density, faster switching speed clocking and extremely low power consumption. This paper describes the basic way to generate cipher text in QCA that can be helpful in QCA based secure nano-communication. The implementation and testing of results is performed using QCA Designer-2.0.3[4].Utilizing the QCA technology, we have implemented the A5/1 stream cipher which was the original encryption algorithm for GSM. The implementation of this cryptographic algorithm is accomplished by means of the implementation of its main modules. The key properties of the QCA implementation of A5/1 stream cipher such as latency, area and complexity are discussed in this paper [3].

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Keywords
QCA-technology implementation, stream cipher, A5/1, GSM network, cryptography