Smart grid depends on an advanced communication network to collect information from the
power grid, and to disseminate control commands to the control devices. To safeguard the …

Quantum computing is a game-changing technology that affects modern cryptography and
security systems including distributed energy resources (DERs) systems. Since the new …

Private comparison is a primitive for many cryptographic tasks, and recently several
schemes for the quantum private comparison (QPC) have been proposed, where two users …

In recent years, 5G networks and services become progressively popular among
telecommunication providers. Simultaneously, the growth in the usage and deployment of …

A new two-party quantum key agreement (QKA) protocol is proposed based on four-qubit
cluster states. Encoded four-qubit cluster states can be transmitted directly by means of …

Open quantum systems is the study of quantum dynamics of the system of interest, taking
into account the effects of the ambient environment. It is ubiquitous in the sense that any …

The rise of the smart grid, which applies the Internet and smart metering technologies to the
power system, results in massive, heterogeneous power data and a large number of attacks …

A systematic analysis of the advantages and challenges associated with the satellite‐based
implementation of the high dimensional extended B92 (HD‐Ext‐B92) and high‐dimensional …

Quantum networks hold the promise of enabling secure and trustworthy communication and
computation. However, they also pose significant challenges in terms of security, privacy …

A novel scheme for quantum communication having substantial applications in practical life
is designed and analyzed. Specifically, we have proposed a hierarchical counterpart of the …