An Efficient Block Based Self-Secured (BBSS) LSB Embedding Scheme over OFDM Based Wireless Communication Channel

Authors

  • Abhijit S. Mali Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, D. Y. Patil Deemed to be University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Maharashtra, India, 400706
  • Manoj M. Dongre Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, D. Y. Patil Deemed to be University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Maharashtra, India, 400706

Keywords:

Block Based Self-Secured, steganography, OFDM, Wireless Communication, LSB Embedding, Natural Logarithm and AWGN.

Abstract

The paper presents an efficient and robust Block Based Self-Secured (BBSS) image steganography approach for secured transmission over OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) based Wireless Communication (WC) Channel. The suggested BBSS scheme uses LSB Embedding (LSB-E) with low computational complexity and maintains a balance between perceptual quality and security. The 9:1 (bytes) embedding scheme finds the initial index position in the 8-neighbours considered clockwise from top left corner of a 3x3 block of the center pixel. The index is function of the magnitude of the center pixel and found using the Natural Logarithm. The proposed embedding scheme is highly immune to any unwanted noise for values of center pixel above 12. The paper evaluates the performance of the proposed BBSS steganography scheme using BPSK (Binary phase shift keying) modulated WC channel with AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise) interference. The simulation results showed lossless transmission at 10 dB signal to noise ratio, high PSNR of 51.65 and 99.95% structural similarity between the target and recovered stego image.

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12.01.2024

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Mali, A. S. ., & Dongre, M. M. . (2024). An Efficient Block Based Self-Secured (BBSS) LSB Embedding Scheme over OFDM Based Wireless Communication Channel. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 12(12s), 433 –. Retrieved from https://ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/4529

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Vol. 12 No. 12s (2024)

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