AEA-NCS: An audio encryption algorithm based on a nested chaotic system

Audio information strongly correlates in adjacent times, and the data type of the audio is float, so the traditional encryption algorithms for the image are unsuitable for audio encryption. This paper proposes an audio encryption algorithm based on Chaos, named AEA-NCS. Most 1D maps have a control parameter, and the parameter space in the chaotic state is small. Therefore, a 2D-Logistic-nested-infinite-collapse (2D-LNIC) is proposed by combining an infinite collapse map (1D-ICM) and a logistic map. There are two control parameters in 2D-LNIC, and it exhibits good chaotic performance through the Lyapunov exponent and attractor phase diagram. In the audio encryption algorithm, 2D-LNIC generates the keystream, and the encryption algorithm is a process of scrambling and diffusion simultaneously. This structure increases the security of the algorithm. We evaluate AEA-NCS in ESC-50, and the evaluation results show that AEA-NCS exhibits good performance, significantly reducing the correlation of audio information in adjacent times.