Title :
Bit Commitment over Gaussian Channels
Author :
Barros, João ; Imai, Hideki ; Nascimento, Anderson C A ; Skludarek, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Porto Univ.
Abstract :
We consider bit commitment over additive white Gaussian noise channels. Our main result is that the maximum rate at which this class of channels can be used for implementing commitment protocols (the commitment capacity) is provably infinite, even under an average power constraint
Keywords :
AWGN channels; channel capacity; protocols; additive white Gaussian noise channels; bit commitment; commitment capacity; commitment protocols; AWGN channels; Additive white noise; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Degradation; Gaussian channels; Gaussian noise; Joining processes; Memoryless systems; Random variables; Gaussian channels; Information theoretical security; commitment protocols; noisy resources;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0505-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0504-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2006.262084
