Integer Variable .CHI.-Based Cross Twisted Ate Pairing and Its Optimization for Barreto-Naehrig Curve

Abstract

It is said that the lower bound of the number of iterations of Miller's algorithm for pairing calculation is log2 r/φ(k), where φ(·) is the Euler's function, r is the group order, and k is the embedding degree. Ate pairing reduced the number of the loops of Miller's algorithm of Tate pairing from ⌊log2 r⌋ to ⌊ log2(t-1)⌋, where t is the Frobenius trace. Recently, it is known to systematically prepare a pairing-friendly elliptic curve whose parameters are given by a polynomial of integer variable “χ.” For such a curve, this paper gives integer variable χ-based Ate (Xate) pairing that achieves the lower bound. In the case of the well-known Barreto-Naehrig pairing-friendly curve, it reduces the number of loops to ⌊log2χ⌋. Then, this paper optimizes Xate pairing for Barreto-Naehrig curve and shows its efficiency based on some simulation results.