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Optimal key tree structure for deleting two or more leaves

  • Weiwei Wu*
  • , Minming Li
  • , Enhong Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • City University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

We study the optimal tree structure for the key management problem. In the key tree, when two or more leaves are deleted or replaced, the updating cost is defined to be the number of encryptions needed to securely update the remaining keys. Our objective is to find the optimal tree structure where the worst case updating cost is minimum. We first prove the degree upper bound (k∈+∈1)2∈-∈1 when k leaves are deleted from the tree. Then we focus on the 2-deletion problem and prove that the optimal tree is a balanced tree with certain root degree 5∈ ∈d∈ ∈7 where the number of leaves in the subtrees differs by at most one and each subtree is a 2-3 tree.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAlgorithms and Computation - 19th International Symposium, ISAAC 2008, Proceedings
Pages77-88
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2008 - Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Duration: 15 Dec 200817 Dec 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5369 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference19th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2008
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityGold Coast, QLD
Period15/12/0817/12/08

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