Title :
The Effect of Rebalancing on the Performance of a Group Key Agreement Protocol
Author :
Zheng, Shanyu ; Alves-Foss, Jim ; Lee, Stephen S.
Author_Institution :
Center for Secure & Dependable Syst., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID
Abstract :
The most efficient contributory group key agreement protocols conduct their operations using a tree-based structure to guide communication and computation. Existing performance comparisons of group key protocols have only evaluated the cost of single operations in isolation. This paper expands this work by evaluating the performance impact of tree rebalancing operations on the overall cost of a group key agreement protocol over the course of the execution of several operations
Keywords :
cryptographic protocols; group key agreement protocol; tree rebalancing operation; tree-based structure; Call conference; Collaborative work; Computational efficiency; Computer networks; Costs; Government; IP networks; Isolation technology; Protocols; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, Proceedings 2006 31st IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0418-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0742-1303
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.2006.322212
