Multiparty Quantum Key Agreement Based on Quantum Search Algorithm

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 45046
• Main Authors: Cao, Hao, Ma, Wenping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.03.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/766/259; 639/766/483/481; Agreements; Algorithms; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Protocol; Science
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/srep45046

Quantum key agreement is an important topic that the shared key must be negotiated equally by all participants, and any nontrivial subset of participants cannot fully determine the shared key. To date, the embed modes of subkey in all the previously proposed quantum key agreement protocols are based on either BB84 or entangled states. The research of the quantum key agreement protocol based on quantum search algorithms is still blank. In this paper, on the basis of investigating the properties of quantum search algorithms, we propose the first quantum key agreement protocol whose embed mode of subkey is based on a quantum search algorithm known as Grover’s algorithm. A novel example of protocols with 5 – party is presented. The efficiency analysis shows that our protocol is prior to existing MQKA protocols. Furthermore it is secure against both external attack and internal attacks.