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AES and SNOW 3G are Feasible Choices for a 5G Phone from Energy Perspective

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The aspirations for a 5th generation (5G) mobile network are high. It has a vision of unprecedented data-rate and extremely pervasive connectivity. To cater such aspirations in a mobile phone, many existing efficiency aspects of a mobile phone need to be reviewed. We look into the matter of required energy to encrypt and decrypt the huge amount of traffic that will leave from and enter into a 5G enabled mobile phone. In this paper, we present an account of the power consumption details of the efficient hardware implementations of AES and SNOW 3G. We also present an account of the power consumption details of LTE protocol stack on some cutting edge hardware platforms. Based on the aforementioned two accounts, we argue that the energy requirement for the current encryption systems AES and SNOW 3G will not impact the battery-life of a 5G enabled mobile phone by any significant proportion.

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Thanks to Kimmo Järvinen for his help to understand the ASIC implementations and to Jarno Alanko for proofreading.

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    Mohsin Khan & Valtteri Niemi

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  1. University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

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  2. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Victor C.M. Leung

  3. University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

    Haijun Zhang

  4. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

    Zhiyong Feng

  5. Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications, The University of Sydney , Maze Crescent, Australia

    Yonghui Li

  6. University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

    Zhongshan Zhang

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Khan, M., Niemi, V. (2018). AES and SNOW 3G are Feasible Choices for a 5G Phone from Energy Perspective. In: Long, K., Leung, V., Zhang, H., Feng, Z., Li, Y., Zhang, Z. (eds) 5G for Future Wireless Networks. 5GWN 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72823-0_38

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