The SubBytes transformation of the Advanced Encryption Standard is a notable^[1] example of a bricklayer function: each 8-bit bundle of the 128-bit state is undergoing the same S-box transformation independently

In cryptography, the bricklayer function is a part of a round function that can be decomposed into identical independent Boolean operations on the partitioned pieces of its input data,^[2] so called bundles.^[3] The term was introduced by Daemen and Rijmen in 2001.^[1]

If the underlying function transforming the bundle is nonlinear, it is traditionally called an S-box. If the function is linear, Daemen and Rijmen use for it the term D-box (after diffusion).^[2]

References

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• Daemen, Joan; Rijmen, Vincent (9 March 2013). "Bricklayer Functions". The Design of Rijndael: AES - The Advanced Encryption Standard (PDF). Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-3-662-04722-4. OCLC 1259405449.
• Weinmann, Ralf-Philipp (2009). Algebraic Methods in Block Cipher Cryptanalysis (PDF) (PhD). Technischen Universität Darmstadt.