Independent Researcher

tom.wartenberg@web.de

Security Internet-Draft This document introduces EchoPulse, a Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) designed for high efficiency and minimal resource usage, offering adaptive symbolic behavior and built-in resistance to replay and side-channel attacks. EchoPulse aims to serve as a viable lightweight PQC candidate.

EchoPulse is a symbolic-logic-driven KEM architecture optimized for low RAM/ROM usage and real-time embedded environments. It addresses modern post-quantum challenges using mutation-dynamic graph encoding for key generation and encapsulation.

- RAM usage under 9KB - ROM footprint under 15KB - AI-adaptive mutation paths - Built-in session replay protection - High resistance to side-channel analysis

EchoPulse integrates symbolic mutation logic with post-quantum principles, complicating adversarial prediction and key recovery. It is particularly robust against pattern analysis, timing inference, and memory probing.

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This draft was generated with AI assistance under a multi-role verification model and symbolic simulation framework.