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Robust Secure FPGA-based Wireless Smart Meters Utilizing PUF and CSI
M M Abutaleb. Article: Robust Secure FPGA-based Wireless Smart Meters Utilizing PUF and CSI. Communications on Applied Electronics 3(7):30-34, December 2015. Published by Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA. BibTeX
@article{key:article, author = {M.M. Abutaleb}, title = {Article: Robust Secure FPGA-based Wireless Smart Meters Utilizing PUF and CSI}, journal = {Communications on Applied Electronics}, year = {2015}, volume = {3}, number = {7}, pages = {30-34}, month = {December}, note = {Published by Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA} }
Abstract
Smart meters that measure the use of residential energy at fine granularities are the foundation of a future smart electricity grid. In this paper, a novel design of FPGA-based smart meters is proposed to measure the energy consumption and at the same time it provides secure wireless connections with the concentrator in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). A basic idea of this system is to use Physical Unclonable Function (PUF), which is a die-unique challenge–response function, for generating a unique signature of meter based on IC process variations and to use Channel Status Information (CSI) for providing a secure wireless channel between meter and concentrator.
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Keywords
Electrical energy, smart meter, PUF, CSI, FPGA.