Nonlinear electronic circuit,Part II: synchronization in a chaotic MODEM scheme

In this work we present a thorough investigation of the effect of noise (internal or external) on the synchronization of a drive–response configuration system (unidirectional coupling between two identical systems). Moreover, since in every practical implementation of a communication system, the transmitter and receiver circuits (although identical) operate under slightly different conditions it is essential to consider the case of the mismatch between the parameters of the transmitter and the receiver. In our work we consider the non-autonomous 2nd order nonlinear oscillator system presented in [G. Mycolaitis, A. Tamasevicious, A. Cenys, A. Namajunas, K. Navionis, A. N. Anagnostopoulos, Globally synchronizable non-autonomous chaotic oscillator, in: Proc. of 7th International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, Denmark, July 1999, pp. 277–280] which is particularly suitable for digital communications.Furthermore, we modified the previous chaotic communication system in order to exhibit enhanced security features. The enhancement in the security of the system is achieved by introducing a set of parameters used in the encoding and decoding of the message signal. We also introduce a time delay parameter in the dynamical system which on the one hand improves the chaotic behavior of the system and on the other hand, adds further security in the encoding–decoding scheme.     

Secure communication by chaotic synchronization: Robustness under noisy conditions

In this work we present a thorough investigation of the effect of noise (internal or external) on the synchronization of a drive-response configuration system (unidirectional coupling between two identical systems). Moreover, since in every practical implementation of a communication system, the transmitter and receiver circuits (although identical) operate under slightly different conditions it is essential to consider the case of the mismatch between the parameters of the transmitter and the receiver. In our work we consider the non-autonomous second order non-linear oscillator system presented by G. Mycolaitis et al. in Proceedings of Seventh International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems [Globally synchronizable non-autonomous chaotic oscillator, Denmark, July 1999, pp. 277–280], which is particularly suitable for digital communications. Binary information is encoded by combining square pulses of two different frequencies selected so that the system is always in the chaotic regime independent of the encoded message.     

Implementation of chaotic secure communication systems based on OPA circuits

In this paper, we proposed a novel three-order autonomous circuit to construct a chaotic circuit with double scroll characteristic. The design idea is to use RLC elements and a nonlinear resistor. The one of salient features of the chaotic circuit is that the circuit with two flexible breakpoints of nonlinear element, and the advantage of the flexible breakpoint is that it increased complexity of the dynamical performance. Here, if we take a large and suitable breakpoint value, then the chaotic state can masking a large input signal in the circuit. Furthermore, we proposed a secure communication hyperchaotic system based on the proposed chaotic circuits, where the chaotic communication system is constituted by a chaotic transmitter and a chaotic receiver. To achieve the synchronization between the transmitter and the receiver, we are using a suitable Lyapunov function and Lyapunov theorem to design the feedback control gain. Thus, the transmitting message masked by chaotic state in the transmitter can be guaranteed to perfectly recover in the receiver. To achieve the systems performance, some basic components containing OPA, resistor and capacitor elements are used to implement the proposed communication scheme. From the viewpoints of circuit implementation, this proposed chaotic circuit is superior to the Chua chaotic circuits. Finally, the test results containing simulation and the circuit measurement are shown to demonstrate that the proposed method is correct and feasible.     

Encryption and decryption of information in chaotic communication systems governed by delay-differential equations

We consider different ways for encryption and decryption of information in communication systems using chaotic signal of a time-delay system as a carrier. A method is proposed for extracting a hidden message in the case when the parameters of the chaotic transmitter are a priori unknown. For different configurations of the transmitter the procedure of information signal extraction from the transmitted signal is demonstrated using numerical data produced by nonlinear mixing of the chaotic signal of the Mackey–Glass system and frequency-modulated harmonic signal.     

On the design of chaos-based secure communication systems

This paper discusses the topic of using chaotic models for constructing secure communication systems. It investigates three different case studies that use encryption/decryption functions with varying degrees of complexity and performance. The first case study explores synchronization of identical chaotic systems, which is considered the most crucial step when developing chaos-based secure communication systems. It proposes a fast mechanism for synchronizing the transmitter and the receiver that is based on the drive-response approach. The superiority and causality of this mechanism is demonstrated via contrasting its performance and practical implementation against that of the traditional method of Pecora and Carroll. The second case study explores the use of an improved cryptography method for improving the scrambling of the transmitted signals. The improvement is based on using both the transmitter states and parameters for performing the encryption. The security analysis of this method is analyzed, highlighting its advantages and limitation, via simulating intruder attacks to the communication channel. Finally, the third case study augments a parameter update law to the previous two designs such that the encryption method is more robust. It uses a decoupling technique for which the synchronization process is completely isolated from the parameter identification algorithm. The Lorenz system was used to exemplify all the suggested techniques, and the transmission of both analog and digital signals was explored, while investigating various techniques to optimize the performance of the proposed systems.     

Recovering unknown model parameters contained in a class of time-variant chaotic dynamical systems

This work deals mainly with the problem of recovering all unknown parameters for a class of time-variant chaotic dynamical systems from given time sequence. Based on synchronization between a chaotic sender system and an additional receiver system, a procedure, which combines a linear feedback technique with updated feedback gain and an adapted control strategy associated with the law of estimated parameters, is developed to dynamically determine the values of unknown parameters contained in the sender system. To promote widespread applications, the structure of the receiver system can be independent of that of the sender system. The effectiveness of this procedure is guaranteed by the periodic version of the classical LaSalle invariance principle of differential equations. Illustrations are presented for a harmonically excited Duffing oscillator and a four dimensional chaotic oscillator. The numerical results reveal the present procedure not only can precisely recover unknown model parameters, but also can rapidly response to sudden changes in unknown parameters. In addition, it has great robustness against the disturbance of noise.     

Fast synchronization of non-identical chaotic modulation-based secure systems using a modified sliding mode controller

In this paper, a secure communication scheme based on chaotic modulation is proposed using a reversible process and a robust controller with efficient cost and complexity to synchronize two different chaotic systems. In the controller design, a sliding mode control with an adaptive rule is used for non-linear inputs. The adaptive rule is applied to ensure the synchronization when uncertainties, non-modeled dynamics or external distortions are at work. The message signal is recovered at the receiver using a recursive process at the end. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is confirmed via the simulation results for the synchronization of the transmitted signal modulated by Chen chaotic system at the transmitter and Genesio chaotic system at the receiver, and those for the information recovery process.     

Chaotic synchronization with filter based on wavelet transformation

A kind of chaotic synchronization method is presented in the paper. In the transmitter, part signals are transformed by wavelet and the detail information is removed. In the receiver, the component with low frequency is reconstructed and discrete feedback is used, we show that synchronization of two identical structure chaotic systems is attained. The effect of feedback on chaotic synchronization is discussed. Using the synchronous method, the transmitting signal is transported in compressible way, system resource is saved, the component with high frequency is filtered and the effect of disturbance on synchronization is reduced. The synchronization method is illustrated by numerical simulation experiment.     

A chaotic system in synchronization and secure communications

In this paper we deal with the synchronization and parameter estimations of an uncertain Rikitake system and its application in secure communications employing chaotic parameter modulation. The strategy consists of proposing a receiver system which tends to follow asymptotically the unknown Rikitake system, refereed as transmitter system. The gains of the receiver system are adjusted continually according to a convenient high order sliding-mode adaptative controller (HOSMAC), until the measurable output errors converge to zero. By using HOSMAC, synchronization between transmitter and receiver is achieved and message signals are recovered. The convergence analysis is carried out by using Barbalat’s Lemma.     

An improved chaos-based secure communication technique using a novel encryption function with an embedded cipher key

In this paper, a secure communication technique, using a chaotic system with a single adjustable parameter and a single observable time series, is proposed. The chosen chaotic system, which is a variant of the famous Rikitake model, has a special structure for which the adjustable parameter appears in the dynamic equation of the observable time series. This particular structure is used to build a synchronization-based state observer that is decoupled from the adaptive parameter identifier. A local Lyapunov function is used to design the parameter identifier, with an adjustable convergence rate that guarantees the stability of the overall system. A two-channel transmission method is used to exemplify the suggested technique where the secret message is encoded using a nonlinear function of both the chaotic states and the adjustable parameter of the chaotic system that acts as a secret key. Simulations show that, at the receiver, the signal can be efficiently retrieved only if the secret key is known, even when both the receiver and the transmitter are in perfect synchronization. The proposed technique is demonstrated to have improved security and privacy against intruders, when compared to other techniques reported in the literature, while being simple to implement using both analog and digital hardware. In addition, the chosen chaotic system is shown to be flexible in accommodating the transmission of signals with variable bandwidths, which promotes the superiority and versatility of the suggested secure communication technique.     

A secure communication scheme based on chaotic Duffing oscillators and frequency estimation for the transmission of binary-coded messages

This work presents a new technique to securely transmit and retrieve a message signal via chaotic systems. The main contribution of this paper is two-fold: the way that the message signal is encrypted in the frequency of a sinusoidal term and a novel frequency estimator for retrieving the message. In our system, a two-valued message signal modulates the frequency of the Duffing oscillator sinusoidal term. Then, two chaotic signals generated by the oscillator are encrypted with a Delta modulator and sent through a noisy channel. A Lyapunov-based observer is used in the receiver side to retrieve the sinusoidal term that contains the message and a novel frequency estimator is then used to retrieve the confidential message signal. The system was implemented in Matlab/Simulink in order to analyze its performance.     

Hyperchaotic secure communication via generalized function projective synchronization

This paper presents two different hyperchaotic secure communication schemes by using generalized function projective synchronization (GFPS), where the drive and response systems could be synchronized up to a desired scaling function matrix. The unpredictability of the scaling functions can additionally enhance the security of communication. First, a hyperchaotic secure communication scheme applying GFPS of the uncertain Chen hyperchaotic system is proposed. The transmitted information signal is modulated into the parameter of the Chen hyperchaotic system in the transmitter and it is assumed that the parameter of the receiver system is unknown. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory and the adaptive control technique, the controllers are designed to make two identical Chen hyperchaotic systems with unknown parameter asymptotically synchronized; thus, the uncertain parameter of the receiver system is identified. The information signal can be recovered accurately by the estimated parameter. Secondly, another secure communication scheme by the coupled GFPS of the Chen hyperchaotic system is introduced. The information signal transmitted can be extracted exactly through simple operation in the receiver. The corresponding theoretical proofs and numerical simulations demonstrate the validity and feasibility of the proposed hyperchaotic secure communication schemes.     

Master–slave synchronization of continuously and intermittently coupled sampled-data chaotic oscillators

In this paper, we consider the problem of synchronizing a master–slave chaotic system in the sampled-data setting. We consider both the intermittent coupling and continuous coupling cases. We use an Euler approximation technique to discretize a continuous-time chaotic oscillator containing a continuous nonlinear function. Next, we formulate the problem of global asymptotic synchronization of the sampled-data master–slave chaotic system as equivalent to the states of a corresponding error system asymptotically converging to zero for arbitrary initial conditions. We begin by developing a pulse-based intermittent control strategy for chaos synchronization. Using the discrete-time Lyapunov stability theory and the linear matrix inequality (LMI) framework, we construct a state feedback periodic pulse control law which yields global asymptotic synchronization of the sampled-data master–slave chaotic system for arbitrary initial conditions. We obtain a continuously coupled sampled-data feedback control law as a special case of the pulse-based feedback control. Finally, we provide experimental validation of our results by implementing, on a set of microcontrollers endowed with RF communication capability, a sampled-data master–slave chaotic system based on Chua’s circuit.     

A chaos secure communication scheme based on multiplication modulation

A secure spread spectrum communication scheme using multiplication modulation is proposed. The proposed system multiplies the message by chaotic signal. The scheme does not need to know the initial condition of the chaotic signals and the receiver is based on an extended Kalman filter (EKF). This signal encryption scheme lends itself to cheap implementation and can therefore be used effectively for ensuring security and privacy in commercial consumer electronics products. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, a numerical example based on Genesio-Tesi system and also Chen dynamical system is presented and the results are compared.     

Cryptanalyzing an improved security modulated chaotic encryption scheme using ciphertext absolute value

This paper describes the security weakness of a recently proposed improved chaotic encryption method based on the modulation of a signal generated by a chaotic system with an appropriately chosen scalar signal. The aim of the improvement is to avoid the breaking of chaotic encryption schemes by means of the return map attack introduced by Pérez and Cerdeira. A method of attack based on taking the absolute value of the ciphertext is presented, that allows for the cancellation of the modulation scalar signal and the determination of some system parameters that play the role of system key. The proposed improved method is shown to be compromised without any knowledge of the chaotic system parameter values and even without knowing the transmitter structure.     

参数不确定非自治混沌系统的自适应指数同步

针对参数不确定非自治混沌系统,研究了指数同步问题.给出了自适应控制器的构造方法,并运用Lyapunov稳定性定理证明了在该控制器下的误差系统是指数稳定的,且可以通过调整控制参数控制同步时间.最后,利用MATLAB软件对两个含有不确定参数的非自治混沌系统进行了数值仿真,验证了所提出方法的有效性和正确性.     

Effects of time delays on bifurcation and chaos in a non-autonomous system with multiple time delays

Time delays are often sources of complex behavior in dynamic systems. Yet its complexity needs to be further explored, particularly when multiple time delays are present. As a purpose to gain insight into such complexity under multiple time delays, we investigate the mechanism for the action of multiple time delays on a particular non-autonomous system in this paper. The original mathematical model under consideration is a Duffing oscillator with harmonic excitation. A delayed system is obtained by adding delayed feedbacks to the original system. Two time delays are involved in such system, one of which in the displacement feedback and the other in the velocity feedback. The time delays are taken as adjustable parameters to study their effects on the dynamics of the system. Firstly, the stability of the trivial equilibrium of the linearized system is discussed and the condition under which the equilibrium loses its stability is obtained. This leads to a critical stability boundary where Hopf bifurcation or double Hopf bifurcation may occur. Then, the chaotic behavior of such system is investigated in detail. Particular emphasis is laid on the effect of delay difference between two time delays on the chaotic properties. A Melnikov’s analysis is employed to obtain the necessary condition for onset of chaos resulting from homoclinic bifurcation. And numerical analyses via the bifurcation diagram and the top Lyapunov exponent are carried out to show the actual time delay effect. Both the results obtained by the two analyses show that the delay difference between two time delays plays a very important role in inducing or suppressing chaos, so that it can be taken as a simple but efficient “switch” to control the motion of a system: either from order to chaos or from chaos to order.     

Observer-based synchronization of uncertain chaotic system and its application to secure communications

Within the drive-response configuration, this paper considers the synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems based on observers and chaos-based secure communication. Even if there are unknown disturbances and parameters in the drive system, a robust adaptive observer can be used as response system to realize chaotic synchronization. The proposed method is then applied to secure communication. The transmitter is constructed by injecting the information into the drive system with proper manner and one of the transmitting signal is the sum of one of the output and the information signal. The Lur’e chaotic system is considered as an illustrative example to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

Periodic and chaotic dynamics in an asymmetric elastoplastic oscillator

We consider the dynamics of a harmonically forced oscillator with an asymmetric elastic–perfectly plastic stiffness function. The computed bifurcation diagrams for the oscillator show regions of periodic motion, hysteresis and large regions of chaotic motion. These different regions of dynamical behaviour are plotted in a two-dimensional parameter space consisting of forcing amplitude and forcing frequency. Examples of the chaotic motion encountered are shown using a discontinuity crossing map. Comparisons are made with the symmetric oscillator by computing a typical bifurcation diagram and considering previously published results for the symmetric system. From this we conclude that the asymmetric system is dominated by a large region of chaotic motion whereas in the symmetric oscillator period one motion and coexisting period three motion predominates.     

On the dynamics of a periodic Colpitts oscillator forced by periodic and chaotic signals

In this paper, we have examined effects of forcing a periodic Colpitts oscillator with periodic and chaotic signals for different values of coupling factors. The forcing signal is generated in a master bias-tuned Colpitts oscillator having identical structure as that of the slave periodic oscillator. Numerically solving the system equations, it is observed that the slave oscillator goes to chaotic state through a period-doubling route for increasing strengths of the forcing periodic signal. For forcing with chaotic signal, the transition to chaos is observed but the route to chaos is not clearly detectable due to random variations of the forcing signal strength. The chaos produced in the slave Colpitts oscillator for a chaotic forcing is found to be in a phase-synchronized state with the forced chaos for some values of the coupling factor. We also perform a hardware experiment in the radio frequency range with prototype Colpitts oscillator circuits and the experimental observations are in agreement with the numerical simulation results.