Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. First International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2009, Turin, Italy, June 3-5, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Information Reconciliation Using Reliability in Secret Key Agreement Scheme with ESPAR Antenna

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-04434-2_13,
        author={Takayuki Shimizu and Hisato Iwai and Hideichi Sasaoka},
        title={Information Reconciliation Using Reliability in Secret Key Agreement Scheme with ESPAR Antenna},
        proceedings={Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. First International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2009, Turin, Italy, June 3-5, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBISEC},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={key agreement ESPAR antenna information reconciliation Cascade},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-04434-2_13}
    }
    
  • Takayuki Shimizu
    Hisato Iwai
    Hideichi Sasaoka
    Year: 2012
    Information Reconciliation Using Reliability in Secret Key Agreement Scheme with ESPAR Antenna
    MOBISEC
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04434-2_13
Takayuki Shimizu1,*, Hisato Iwai1,*, Hideichi Sasaoka1,*
  • 1: Doshisha University
*Contact email: etj1101@mail4.doshisha.ac.jp, iwai@mail.doshisha.ac.jp, hsasaoka@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Abstract

As a countermeasure for eavesdroppers in wireless communications, a secret key agreement scheme using a variable directional antenna called ESPAR antenna was developed. In this scheme, the process of information reconciliation is necessary to correct the discrepancies between the legitimate users’ keys. In this paper, we propose a new information reconciliation protocol using the reliability of the raw keys. The proposed information reconciliation protocol is a modified version of the protocol used in quantum key distribution called Cascade. The results of simulations show that the proposed protocol can correct errors with less the number of disclosed bits and less the number of communications than those of Cascade.