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Accelerated verification of digital signatures and public keys

US10284370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2014
Grant dateMay 7, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/3252
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Accelerated computation of combinations of group operations in a finite field is provided by arranging for at least one of the operands to have a relatively small bit length. In a elliptic curve group, verification that a value representative of a point R corresponds the sum of two other points uG and vG is obtained by deriving integers w,z of reduced bit length and that v=w/z. The verification equality R=uG+vQ may then be computed as −zR+(uz mod n)G+wQ=O with z and w of reduced bit length. This is beneficial in digital signature verification where increased verification can be attained.

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