EPLC: An Efficient Privacy-Preserving Line-Loss Calculation Scheme for Residential Areas of Smart Grid

Table 2

Main parameters.

Parameter	Description
, , , , ,	Parameters of Bilinear Pairing
, , , , , ,	Parameters of Pallier Cryptosystem
,	The private key and public key of
,	The private key and public key of
,	The private key and public key of VT()
,	Two common factors in line-loss calculation
, ,	The maximum numbers of DAs, RAs of each DA
	and users in each RA respectively
	The maximum number of line-loss in each RA
	After initialization, the number of DAs
	After initialization, the number of RAs in the
	After initialization, the number of users in the
	The ciphertext of line-loss in at time
	The plaintext of line-loss in at time
	All the line-loss of the system at time in the
	form of cipher as a number
	All the line-loss of the system at time in the
	form of polynomials as a number