Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (12): 4040-4051.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2023.12.35

• Communications and Networks • Previous Articles    

Improved AES image encryption algorithm based on four-dimensional chaotic system

Chen TANG1, Ximei TU2, Xiaogang LU2, Qi ZHANG1, Xiaobei ZHANG1,*   

  1. 1. School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
    2. Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute, Shanghai 201210, China
  • Received:2022-10-28 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-12-05
  • Contact: Xiaobei ZHANG

Abstract:

An improved advanced encryption standard (AES) image encryption algorithm based on four-dimensional chaotic system is proposed to solve problems of the insecurity of AES for image encryption and the insufficient key space. The key is obtained from a four-dimensional chaotic system and the complexity of the system is improved by introducing nonlinear terms and feedback controllers into the Lorenz-Chen-Lu chaotic system. The chaotic characteristics are verified by analyzing the dynamics and stability. During the process of encryption, the traditional AES is improved by using the chaotic Cubic-S box and dynamic cross transform method. At the same time, the key expansion function is modified, so that the key of each round is related to the keys of the previous two rounds. The chaotic sequence is introduced into the key expansion function to improve the security of the key. The key space of the proposed algorithm is 2476 and the ciphertext image information entropy is 7.997 7 bits. The number of pixels change rate and unified average changing intensity are 99.613% and 33.473% respectively. The correlation between pixels is close to 0 and the encryption speed is 45.85 Mbits/s. The simulation result show that based on the excellent sensitivity of the key and the good security and robustness of the encryption method, the proposed algorithm can realize fast encryption and effective resisting for various attacks.

Key words: image encryption, chaotic system, advanced encryption standard (AES), security analysis

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