Hardware

CLP Security Modules

CLP-41f: SNOW 3G Cipher Core

The CLP-41f core implements the SNOW 3G stream cipher that forms the heart of the 3GPP confidentiality algorithm UEA2 and the 3GPP integrity algorithm UIA2. The standard is governed by a European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) document - SNOW 3G Algorithm Specification Version 1.1. The CLP-41f implements a flow-through or in-line version of the core although the core can also be provided as a look-aside engine. The base cipher can be supplemented by wrapper to offer both the confidentiality and authentication algorithms.

Key Features:

• SNOW 3G cipher for 3GPP
• •Maximum clock frequency: 100 MHz (Virtex-4, -10 speed grade)
• 960 Mbps @ 100 MHz for 64 byte messages (UEA2)
• 2.5 Gbps @ 100 MHz for 512 byte messages (UEA2)
• 5790 LUTs in Xilinx V4 LX160-10
• Flow-through architecture
• Ingress and egress FIFO depth configurable at build time
• Key size - 128 bits

Applications:

• 3GPP - UMTS and LTE

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