Secure Visible Light Communication Technique Based on Asymmetric Data Encryption for 6G Communication Service

• Main Author: Yong Up Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
• Series: Electronics
• Subjects: visible light communication; 6G communication; asymmetric encryption scheme; optimal key length; real experiment; performance enhancement
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/11/1847

Security in residential and business establishments has become an area of considerable importance. To provide enhanced security using conventional visible light (VL) communication, the characteristics of which allow for easy access by nearby intruders, a new VL communication technique is proposed in this paper. The novel VL communication system is based on a data encryption method using asymmetric encryption, and it is proposed for use in smart indoor services in the 6th generation communication environment. The asymmetric encryption capability is studied by comparison with the conventional technique, the optimum key length for the public or private encryption codes is determined under the criterion of the minimum estimation error. Moreover, the error performance is analyzed with various RSA encryption keys and data lengths to verify the performance of the proposed technique. A real experiment is performed to evaluate the proposed technique using an implemented test bed, and the success rates of the VL communication technique with and without RSA coding are evaluated by a real experiment with a test bed under an indoor laboratory VL channel. We believe it is evident that the VL communication technique based on asymmetric encryption yields superior error performance compared to that without encryption for optimal lengths of the encryption key and data bits.