Table 3 Protocol parameter choices & experimental parameters
Parameter | Symbol | Value |
|---|---|---|
Verification hash length | bEV | 96 (bit) |
Number of EC blocks | nblocks | varies |
\(\left\lceil 2{\log }_{2}\left(\frac{1}{{\epsilon }_{{\rm{PA}}}}\right)\right\rceil\) | bPA | 96 (bit) |
Authentication hash length | bauth | 96 (bit) |
Coherent state amplitude | ∣α∣ | 0.71 |
Cutoff number | nc | 20 |
Detection limit | M | 5.5 (NU) |
ET - parameter | βET | 5.5 |
Testing ratio | rT | {40%, 45%, 50%} |
Fraction of outliers | \(\frac{{l}_{T}}{{k}_{T}}\) | 10−8 |
Weight | w | \(\left[1\times 1{0}^{-7},3\times 1{0}^{-7}\right]\) |
t-factor | tF | 1 |
Total number of rounds | N | 2.35 × 109 |
Detection efficiency | ηD | 0.6858 |
Electronic noise | νel | 0.0193 (SNU) |
Est. channel transmittance | ηCh | 0.2764 |
Excess noise | ξ | 0.0048 (SNU) |
