Table 2 Symbols and notations used in Alzahrani et al.’s3 work.

From: A cloud server centric multifactor lightweight authentication scheme for eHealth systems

Notation

Description

TTPS

Trusted Third Party Server

PA

Patient

PH

Physician

CS

Cloud Server

p, q

Prime Numbers

\(E_P\)

Elliptic Curve

\(PK_{PH}\)

Physician Public Key

\(ID_P\)

Patient Identity

\(ID_{CS}\)

Cloud Server Identity

\(\oplus\)

XOR Operation

\(\Delta T\)

Matching Function

\(\parallel\)

Concatenation Function

SK

Session Secret Key

\(T_1 \ldots T_{14}\)

Different Timestamps

\(\lambda\), x, y

Point Over Curve

k

Secret Key

h(.)

Hash Function

\(r_1\ldots r_9\)

Random Numbers

\(n_1\ldots n_9\)

Random Nonce

\(PK_{PA}\)

Patient Public Key

\(PK_{CS}\)

Cloud Public Key

\(ID_{PH}\)

Physician Identity