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An ultra-lightweight PUF and ASCON-based authentication and key agreement protocol for UAV-ground station and UAV-UAV communication

Published Online: 2026-05-11

Authors

Li, Sijia https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0334-5379
Guo, Hua

Liu, Jianwei

Han, Yiran

Song, Hutao
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Key Research and Development Program of China (2024YFB3108901)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (U21B2021, 62472015, 62202027, 62572037)

Open Research Fund of The State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University
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Article History

Received: 15 September 2025

Accepted: 21 April 2026

First Online: 11 May 2026

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: All authors have no conflict of interest.

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