### On the Asymptotics of Solving the LWE Problem Using Coded-BKW with Sieving

Qian Guo, Thomas Johansson, Erik Mårtensson, and Paul Stankovski Wagner

##### Abstract

The Learning with Errors problem (LWE) has become a central topic in recent cryptographic research. In this paper, we present a new solving algorithm combining important ideas from previous work on improving the Blum-Kalai-Wasserman (BKW) algorithm and ideas from sieving in lattices. The new algorithm is analyzed and demonstrates an improved asymptotic performance. For the Regev parameters $q=n^2$ and noise level $\sigma = n^{1.5}/(\sqrt{2\pi}\log_{2}^{2}n)$, the asymptotic complexity is $2^{0.893n}$ in the standard setting, improving on the previously best known complexity of roughly $2^{0.930n}$. The newly proposed algorithm also provides asymptotic improvements when a quantum computer is assumed or when the number of samples is limited.

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Category
Public-key cryptography
Publication info
A major revision of an IACR publication in Asiacrypt 2017
Contact author(s)
erik martensson @ eit lth se
History
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2019/009

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BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2019/009,
author = {Qian Guo and Thomas Johansson and Erik Mårtensson and Paul Stankovski Wagner},
title = {On the Asymptotics of Solving the LWE Problem Using Coded-BKW with Sieving},
howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2019/009},
year = {2019},
note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/009}},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/009}
}

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