We discuss the error reconciliation phase in quantum key distribution (QKD) and analyse a simple scheme in which blocks with bad parity (that is, blocks containing an odd number of errors) are discarded. We predict the performance of this scheme and show, using a simulation, that the prediction is accurate.
@article{arxiv.1005.1206,
title = {A Simple Approach to Error Reconciliation in Quantum Key Distribution},
author = {Richard P. Brent},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1206},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
19 pages. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Adelaide, Oct 1, 2009. See also http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~brent/pub/pub239.html