Chaotic secure communication based on a gravitational search algorithm filter

A new chaotic secure communication scheme based on a gravitational search algorithm (GSA) filter is proposed. In this scheme, useful signals are delivered via an encoder, a chaotic transmitter, a GSA-based filter, a chaotic receiver, and a decoder. The security of such a communication system is promoted due to the unpredictable features of the chaotic map and the unknown encoding-modulation scheme. By using a GSA filter technique the resistance of the system to noise is enhanced. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, it is compared with the current state-of-the-art schemes in simulations. At the same time, comparisons with a genetic algorithm (GA) filter and a particle swarm optimization (PSO) filter are made. Numerical simulations confirm that the proposed method is better in estimating the states and information symbols, and has a lower bit error rate than other schemes. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.