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WPA2 802.11i CCM (CTR+CBC) AES Core for WiFi WLAN


General Description

Implementation of the new WLAN security standard 802.11i requires the NIST standard AES cipher in CTR and CBC modes (a.k.a. CCM) for encryption and message authentication. The WPA2 AES core is tuned for 802.11i applications and as such requires much smaller gate count than a full implementation. The core contains the base AES core AES1 and is available for immediate licensing.
The design is fully synchronous and available in both source and netlist form.
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Key Features

8,900 ASIC gates at 802.11a/g OFDM data speeds
Completely self-contained: does not require external memory
Includes encryption, decryption, key expansion and data interface
Support for Counter Mode Encryption (CTR) operation and CCM extensions (Counter Mode with CBC MAC, AES0CTR per NIST SP800-38C)
Automatic generation of key context from keydata
Flow-through design
Test bench provided
Deliverables include test benches
Applications
WiFi 802.11i CCMP (CTR+CBC AES modes)
WPA AES and WPA2
Pin Description
CLK Input   Core clock signal
CEN Input   Synchronous enable signal. When LOW the core ignores all   its inputs and all its outputs must be ignored.
MODE Input   Mode. When HIGH, transmit, when LOW receive
START Input   HIGH starting input data processing
READ Output   Read request for the input data byte
DATA_VALID Input   HIGH when valid data byte present on the input
WRITE output   Write to the output interface
OUT_READY Input   HIGH when output interface is ready to accept data byte
D[7:0] Input   Input Data
Q[7:0] Output   Output Data
DONE Output   Data processing completed
 
Function Description
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm is a new NIST data encryption standard as defined in the http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips197/fips-197.pdf

The WPA2 implementation fully supports the AES algorithm for 128 bit keys in Counter Mode (CTR) method of encryption with CBC message integrity check as required by the CCM protocol of the 802.11i standard and NIST SP800-38C.

The core is designed for flow-through operation, with byte-wide input and output interfaces. CCM key and nonce material precedes the frame in the flow of data. WPA2 supports encrypt and decrypt modes

 
Implementation Results
Device Utilization and Performance

Representative area/resources figures are shown below.

TSMC 0.18 u 8900 gates
Altera FPGA 1362 LUT
Xilinx FPGA 866 slices
 
Export Permits
US Bureau of Industry and Security has assigned the export control classification number 5E002 to our AES core. The core is eligible for the license exception ENC under section 740.17(A) and (B)(1) of the export administration regulations. See the licensing basics page, for links to US government sites and more details.
 
Deliverables

HDL Source Licenses

Synthesizable Verilog RTL source code
Test bench (self-checking)
vectors for testbenches
Expected results
Simulation script
Synthesis script
User Documentation

Netlist Licenses

Post-synthesis EDIF
Testbench (self-checking)
vectors for testbenches
Expected results
Place & Route script
Simulation script
 
Contact Information
IP Cores, Inc.
3731 Middlefield Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
Phone: +1 (650) 815-7996
E-mail: info@ipcores.com
www.ipcores.com