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2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Leaked information estimation based on atmospheric turbulence toward secure free-space optical communications

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19K14992
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 21020:Communication and network engineering-related
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Principal Investigator

Endo Hiroyuki  国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 未来ICT研究所量子ICT先端開発センター, 研究員 (50809704)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords光空間通信 / 物理レイヤ暗号 / 大気ゆらぎ / 情報理論的安全性
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Free-space optical communications based on laser light or LED are considered to have higher security than radio-wave counterparts because the divergence of the carrier wave beam is narrower and thus the line-of-sight between the transmitter and the receiver should be secured. However, information leakage to the eavesdropper outside the line-of-sight caused by the influence of atmospheric fluctuation is an urgent security problem.
In this research and development, to develop a technology for predicting information leakage due to such atmospheric fluctuations, we developed a device for measuring atmospheric fluctuations, and demonstrated the real-field experiment to quantitatively relate the atmospheric fluctuations and the amount of information leakage. In addition, we propose and demonstrate a technology for parameter optimization in secure communication according to the information of atmospheric fluctuations.

Free Research Field

光空間通信

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

大気ゆらぎが光空間通信における情報漏えいが起こることは、提案者らはフィールド実験により検証していたが、大気ゆらぎの強度との関係の定量化は、大気ゆらぎがランダムな現象であることから困難なものであった。本研究では大気揺らぎを測定する装置を用いることにより、この関係が定量化できる可能性を見出すことができた。これは、情報漏えいと大気ゆらぎの関係のメカニズムを理解する上で重要な知見を与えるものである。この研究が発展していくことにより、電波無線通信では賄いきれない通信の需要に応えるために研究されている光空間通信の安全性をより高めることが可能になる。

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Published: 2022-01-27  

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