International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC)

Simulations of Selected Quantum Key Distribution Network Use-Cases

Emir Dervisevic, Merima Fehrić, Dzana Pivac, Peppino Fazio, Miroslav Vozn̆ák, Miralem Mehić

Published Jul 1, 2024• 4 citations

Abstract

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a novel secret key agreement primitive, enables long-awaited practical Information-Theoretical Security (ITS). Over the last two decades, academic and industrial communities have devoted their time and resources to developing QKD- based networks that distribute ITS keys to remote parties. However, because of the limited availability of QKD network testbeds to the larger research community and the difficulty and cost of their deployment, progress in this area has been noticeably slow. To that end, we provide an analysis of selected simulated use-cases from the EU H2020 OPENQKD project using the QKDNetSim network simulator. The tool has been extensively upgraded to test novel network management methodologies applied to large-scale QKD networks.

DOI: 10.1109/qcnc62729.2024.00037

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