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International Scientific-Practical Conference Problems of Infocommunications Science and Technology

Using passive optical devices for the protection of information in the optical communication lines

Oleksandr Manko

Published Oct 1, 2016• 1 citation
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Abstract

Principles of additional coding optical linear code for protection of information are proposed. Using low-cost passive optical components for optical masking linear codes significantly improves reliability of information security, compared with the use of active equipment.
DOI
10.1109/infocommst.2016.7905339

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