High-Performance IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) Processing Engine by Posedge Inc

Product Description

MACSec provides data confidentiality, data integrity, and data origin authentication at the link layer (Layer-2 of the OSI model) using AES-GCM (Galois Counter Mode) self- authenticating cipher.

Posedge-L2SEC implements the complete MACSec data plane functionality. It performs functions such as AES-GCM, Classification & Filtering, SecTAG processing, Anti-Replay check, ICV verification, and MIB Statistics. The engine can process the MAC frames up to 10Gbps full-duplex throughput for all packet sizes. It is highly configurable and easy to integrate.

Features:

• Complete inline processing without software intervention in the datapath
• Up to 10Gbps full duplex throughput & low Latency with short packets
• Fully compliant with IEEE 802.1AE standard
• Configurable number of Secure Associations per port with double buffering of SA
• AES-GCM as defined by the IEEE standard support for Crypto and Authentication
• Decryption and ICV verification on Ingress
• Anti-replay verification on Ingress
• Encryption and Authentication with ICV generation and insertion on Egress
• MACSec header insertion and removal
• Supports hardware based packet classification
• MIB counter update as per the MACSec Standard

Applications:

• Ethernet PHYs
• Ethernet Switches
• EPON
• Routers

Interfaces

• AXI/AHB/LMI Interface for configuration and statistics collection
• Configurable FIFO interfaces for data path
• Core runs at 250MHz

Benefits

• Highly Configurable and Scalable
• Can be easily integrated into an existing datapath
• World class customer support
• Available in FPGA platform
• Low gate count

Deliverables

• Synthesizable Verilog RTL
• Architecture Specification
• Self-checking Testbench and Testcases
• ASIC/FPGA Synthesis Scripts
• Integration Manual
• Software Drivers .

FPGA Technology: Available in Xilinx Virtex-4LX platform
Bus Compliance : LMI, AMBA AXI, AMBA AHB

High-Performance IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) Processing Engine

Market Segment(s)

• Enterprise
• Home
• Mobile Computing

Target Platform(s)

• Android
• Linux
• VxWorks
• Windows Mobile

Companion Processor(s)

• Communication
• Multimedia

ARM Processor(s)

• ARM7EJ-S
• ARM7TDMI
• ARM7TDMI-S
• ARM720T
• ARM920T
• ARM922T
• ARM926EJ-S
• ARM940T
• ARM946E-S
• ARM966E-S
• ARM968E-S
• ARM1022E
• ARM1026EJ-S
• ARM1136J-S
• ARM1136JF-S
• ARM1156T2(F)-S
• ARM11 MPCore
• Cortex-A5
• Cortex-A8
• Cortex-A9
• Cortex-M0
• Cortex-M1
• Cortex-M3
• Cortex-M4
• Cortex-R4
• ARMv4

System IP

• Interconnect Fabric