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In this thesis a novel Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous (GALS) technique applicable to wireless communication systems and generally to datapath architectures is presented. The proposed concept is intended for point-to-point communication with very intensive but bursty data transfer. This concept is based on a request-driven operation of locally synchronous modules. The key idea is that a module can use the input request signal as its clock while receiving a burst of data. The developed GALS technique is applied to the design of an IEEE 802.11a compliant baseband processor with the aim to alleviate the problems of system integration, power consumption and electro-magnetic interference. The GALS design was compared with a synchronous version of the baseband processor. In our experimental setup we have measured a 1% reduction in dynamic power consumption, 30% reduction in instantaneous supply voltage variations, and 5 dB reduction in spectral noise.
Key management is a fundamental security service to enable secure wireless ad hoc networks (WAHN). To date existing key management solutions based on either public key infrastructures (PKI) or key pre‑distribution scheme (KPS) exhibit limitations for WAHNs. We firstly develop the Hybrid Key Management Infrastructure (HKMI) for WAHNs composed of moderate‑resource devices. The HKMI complements PKI with trust and cooperation protocols to construct an performance efficient security solution. We secondly develop the Deterministic Pairwise Key Pre-Distribution Scheme (DPKPS) for large‑scale dynamic WAHNs composed of low‑resource devices. The DPKPS applies a combinatorial design for the pre-distribution of multiple bivariate polynomial shares to WAHN nodes. Future work comprises further improving the resiliency of the DPKPS, completing a key management infrastructure on the basis of the DPKPS, the design of DPKPS‑based access control mechanisms, and the integration of the HKMI with the DPKPS in a unified key management architecture.