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\title{Rate Compatible Protocol for Information Reconciliation: An application to QKD}

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   \IEEEauthorblockN{
   David Elkouss,
    Jesus Martinez-Mateo,
    Daniel Lancho and
    Vicente Martin
  }
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  \IEEEauthorblockA{
    Facultad de Inform\'atica, Universidad Polit\'ecnica de Madrid,\\
    Campus de Montegancedo, 28660 Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), Spain,\\ 
    e-mail:\{delkouss, jmartinez, dlancho, vicente\}@fi.upm.es
  }
}


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\begin{IEEEkeywords}
Reconciliation, low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes, puncturing, shortening, rate-compatible.
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\section*{Acknowledgment}

This work has been partially supported by grant UPM/CAM Q061005127.

The authors acknowledge the computer resources and assistance provided by Centro de Supercomputaci\'on y Visualizaci\'on de Madrid (CeSViMa).

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