Table 7 Required number of gates per each level in the hybrid matching process of N plain 8-bit words with a single encrypted word rule with the same size.

From: Oblivious network intrusion detection systems

Level

Gate type

Number of gates

L1

H-XNOR

N*8

L21

HE-AND

N*4

L22

N*2

L23

N

L31

HE-OR

\(\lceil\)N/2 - 0.5\(\rceil\)

L32

\(\lceil\)N/4 - 0.5\(\rceil\)

...

...

L3x

\(\lceil\)N/\(2^x\) - 0.5\(\rceil\)