A survey of lightweight block cipher
Weidong Lv, Yufei Chen, Jia Liu · 2024
Compared with traditional computing devices, IoT devices are often smaller in size, resulting in weaker battery power, memory, and computing power. Additionally, IoT devices have a higher frequency of data exchange and require high-speed computation on limited platforms. Traditional cryptographic algorithms are unable to handle this task, and lightweight cryptographic algorithms have become the optimal choice for IoT devices. This paper takes a thorough sight into lightweight block cipher development, elaborates on six structures of the algorithms, and analyzes their indicators based on different implementation methods. Finally, the attack research status and implementation performance on both soft/hardware platform of each algorithm are reviewed, and the efficiency of their software and hardware implementation is compared.