Lightweight Group Signature Scheme Based on PUF for UAV Communication Security
Sysoyev A. Nauruzov K. Karati A. Abramkina O. Vitulyova Y. Yeskendirova D. Popova Y. Abdoldina F.
October 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Drones
2025#9Issue 10
This paper presents a certificateless group signature scheme designed specifically for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communications in resource-constrained environments. The scheme leverages Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) to provide a lightweight security solution while maintaining essential security properties including anonymity, unforgeability, traceability, and unlikability. We describe the cryptographic protocols for system setup, key generation, signing, verification, and revocation mechanisms. The implementation shows promising results for UAV applications where computational resources are limited, while still providing robust security guarantees for group communications. Our approach eliminates the need for computationally expensive certificate management while ensuring that only legitimate group members can create signatures that cannot be linked to their identities except by authorized group managers.
elliptic curve cryptography , group signatures , IoT security , lightweight cryptography , physical unclonable functions , unmanned aerial vehicles
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan
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National Scientific Laboratory for the Collective Use of Information and Space Technologies (NSLC IST), 22 Satbayev Street, Almaty, 050013, Kazakhstan
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Transport and Management Department, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Lauvasiela 2, Riga, LV-1003, Latvia
Department of Cybersecurity
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Cybersecurity
Institute of Automation and Information Technologies
National Scientific Laboratory for the Collective Use of Information and Space Technologies (NSLC IST)
JSC “Institute of Digital Engineering and Technology”
Department Smart Technologies in Engineering
Transport and Management Department
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