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. 2023 Jun 12;23(12):5518. doi: 10.3390/s23125518

Table 4.

Notations table for BAN logic.

Notations Description
Q|X Q believing in X
QX Q sees which is X
Q|T Q believes T’s action. E.g., Q|T|X
means Q believes T believes X is true
Q|X Q once says X
QX Q has full jurisdiction beyond X
#(X) X is updated and fresh
(C)k Combine conditions C by the use of k
(C)k Carry out hash operation on C; use X
(X)K Message of hash X with a key K
QkT Q and T used to interact using the shared key k
with each other
DIDi Session key DIDi used one time in the
current section
Q|QKT.q<X>KQ|T|X Rule of Message-Meaning
Q|#(X)Q|#(X,Y) Rule of Concatenation-Freshness
Q|#(X),Q|T|XQ|T|X Rule of Verification-Nonce
Q|TX,Q|T|XQ|X Rule of Jurisdiction