2007/02/19 by Maki Ohata, K. Matsuura, Ohata, Maki +2 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cryptographic Implementations and Security #Error Correcting Code Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0702184
8 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to IEEE Trans. Info. Theory. v2,v3: Changed Title and updated simulation results
openalex publication_date 2007/02/19 · arxiv created 2007/03/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper, we propose how to simply construct a pair of linear codes for the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol. This protocol allows unconditional security in the presence of an eavesdropper, and the pair of linear codes is used for error correction and privacy amplification. Since their high decoding performance implies low eavesdropper's mutual information, good design of the two codes is required. The proposed method admits using arbitrary low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. Therefore, it has low complexity and high performance for hardware implementation. Simulation results show that the pair of codes performs well against practical and various noise levels.