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Information processing method and apparatus

US10523430B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 2019
Grant dateDec 31, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing method, includes calculating, using a first station, an estimated ratio of a quantity of pulses affected by a photon-number splitting (PNS) attack including a multi-photon in the pulses to a total quantity of the pulses, performing, using the first station, error correction processing on key information based on the estimated ratio to obtain a shared key of the first station and a second station when the estimated ratio is less than a preset threshold. Hence, a degree to which the photon is affected by the PNS attack can be estimated in order to perform error correction on the key information, thereby improving security of a key distribution.

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