The conjecture that unimodular lattices attain secrecy gain at y=1

Let Λ\Lambda be an nn-dimensional unimodular lattice, and let ΞΛ(y)\Xi_{\Lambda}(y) be its secrecy function for y>0y>0. The secrecy gain is χΛ=supy>0ΞΛ(y)\chi_{\Lambda}=\sup_{y>0}\Xi_{\Lambda}(y). Unimodular-lattice secrecy-gain conjecture. The secrecy gain of Λ\Lambda is achieved at y=1y=1, namely

χΛ=ΞΛ(1).\chi_{\Lambda}=\Xi_{\Lambda}(1).

The symmetry ΞΛ(y)=ΞΛ(1/y)\Xi_{\Lambda}(y)=\Xi_{\Lambda}(1/y) shows that y=1y=1 is a natural candidate, but symmetry alone does not establish that it is a global maximizer. The claim concerns the optimization of secrecy for unimodular lattices in the Gaussian wiretap channel.

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Jean-Claude Belfiore and Patrick Sole, “Unimodular Lattices for the Gaussian Wiretap Channel”, arXiv:1007.0449 (2010).

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