Networked, Low SWAP Public Key Cryptosystem

Existing public key algorithms are ill-suited to low power environments because of their inability to efficiently accommodate multicast transmissions. Specifically, secure t-receiver multicast is typically acheived via t separate secure unicast sessions, each of which requires its own power-hungry key establishment procedure. TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. proposes the synthesis of recently proposed low SWAP PKA implementations with a method by which a group of receivers can generate a private key in an efficient, distributed manner. The resulting networked, low SWAP public key cryptosystem natively supports the multicast traffic patterns that are predominant in tactical networks.