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Computation-Efficient Multicast Key Distribution
May 2008 (vol. 19 no. 5)
pp. 577-587
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Lihao Xu, Cheng Huang, "Computation-Efficient Multicast Key Distribution," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 577-587, May, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TPDS.2007.70759,
author = {Lihao Xu and Cheng Huang},
title = {Computation-Efficient Multicast Key Distribution},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems},
volume = {19},
number = {5},
issn = {1045-9219},
year = {2008},
pages = {577-587},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPDS.2007.70759},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
TI - Computation-Efficient Multicast Key Distribution
IS - 5
SN - 1045-9219
SP577
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EPD - 577-587
A1 - Lihao Xu,
A1 - Cheng Huang,
PY - 2008
KW - key distribution
KW - Multicast
KW - MDS codes
KW - erasure decoding
KW - computation
KW - Complexity
VL - 19
JA - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
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Efficient key distribution is an important problem for secure group communications. The communication and storage complexity of multicast key distribution problem has been studied extensively. In this paper, we propose a new multicast key distribution scheme whose {\\em computation} complexity is significantly reduced. Instead of using conventional encryption algorithms, the scheme employs MDS codes, a class of error control codes, to distribute multicast key dynamically. This scheme drastically reduces computation load of each group member compared to existing schemes employing traditional encryption algorithms. Such a scheme is desirable for many wireless applications where portable devices or sensors need to reduce their computation as much as possible due to battery power limitations. Easily combined with any key-tree based schemes, this scheme provides much lower computation complexity, while maintaining low and balanced communication complexity and storage complexity for secure dynamic multicast key distribution.

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Index Terms:
key distribution, Multicast, MDS codes, erasure decoding, computation, Complexity
Citation:
Lihao Xu, Cheng Huang, "Computation-Efficient Multicast Key Distribution," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 577-587, May 2008, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2007.70759
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