PRODRONE won the best research award from The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers for Higly-Secure Drone Communication

Prodrone Co., Ltd. won the 2018 best research award in ICTSSL, Information and Communication Technology for Safe and Secure Life hosted by The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.Mr. Kazuo Ichihara of Prodrone shared the prize with NICT, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and Panasonic Corporation for their research on highly-secure drone communication.

From the Left, Mr. Nishizawa(NICT), Mr. Ichihara(PRODRONE)

ICTSSL prize

In their research called “Secure Communication Technology for Extensive and Multiple Controls for Highly-Secure Drone”, it is explained that the drone system which is information theoretically secured rather than computationally secured encryption method has been established at reasonably operational cost. Find more information in the diagrams below.

Drone communication diagram

Highly-Secure Communication by TLS and OTP code

Prodrone intends to adopt the highly-secure drone as one of our drone system options in the future.

About The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers/ Information and Communication Technology for Safe and Secure Life (ICTSSL)

ICTSSL is an expert committee who holds interdisciplinary discussions on social infrastructure including communication, electricity, roads, and railways which are the basis of knowledges and lives in terms of what requires as ICT in emergency. Each research project has experts from companies, universities and research institutes and provides the opportunities for them to exchange information and to enlighten each other so that the efficient research development is promoted further.
ICTSSL Website(Japanese ONLY)：http://www.ieice.org/ess/ictssl/