• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.31 no.10
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• pp.588-592
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• 2004

Scalar multiplication is to compute $textsc{k}$P when an integer $textsc{k}$ and an elliptic curve point f are given. As a general method to accelerate scalar multiplication, Agnew, Mullin and Vanstone proposed to use $textsc{k}$'s with fixed Hamming weights. We suggest a new method that uses $textsc{k}$'s with fixed signed Hamming weights and show that this method is more secure.