NTN-PQ-AKE: A Lightweight Transcript-Bound and Explicitly Authenticated Post-Quantum Key Exchange for IoT
Post-quantum authenticated key exchange is needed for Internet of Things (IoT) systems facing quantum-enabled adversaries, but signature-heavy post-quantum handshakes remain costly for constrained devices and long-delay non-terrestrial network (NTN) links. This paper proposes NTN-PQ-AKE, a lightweight, transcript-bound...