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Rate Compatible Protocol for Information Reconciliation: An application to QKD
Information Reconciliation is a mechanism that allows to weed out the
discrepancies between two correlated variables. It is an essential component in
every key agreement protocol where the key has to be transmitted through a
noisy channel. The typical case is in the satellite scenario described by
Maurer in the early 90's. Recently the need has arisen in relation with Quantum
Key Distribution (QKD) protocols, where it is very important not to reveal
unnecessary information in order to maximize the shared key length. In this
paper we present an information reconciliation protocol based on a rate
compatible construction of Low Density Parity Check codes. Our protocol
improves the efficiency of the reconciliation for the whole range of error
rates in the discrete variable QKD context. Its adaptability together with its
low interactivity makes it specially well suited for QKD reconciliation
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