Quantum key distribution (QKD) constitutes a symmetric secret key negotiation protocol
capable of maintaining information-theoretic security. Given the recent advances in QKD …

Over the past few decades, significant progress has been made in quantum information
technology, from theoretical studies to experimental demonstrations. Revolutionary quantum …

Internet of everything (IoE)-based smart services are expected to gain immense popularity in
the future, which raises the need for next-generation wireless networks. Although fifth …

Future smart healthcare systems—often referred to as Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)–will
combine a plethora of wireless devices and applications that use wireless communication …

The introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) and massive machine-type communications
has implied an increase in network size and complexity. In particular, there is already a huge …

Quantum science is accelerating the transition from research to industrialized applications
and scenarios, and its potential disruptive power in the development of future technological …

Since the concept of quantum entanglement was proposed, quantum entanglement has
been paid more and more attention. Especially in recent years, with the interdisciplinary and …

In this work, the concept of optical identification (OI) based on physical unclonable functions
is introduced for the first time, to our knowledge, in optical communication systems and …

Diffusion-based molecular nanonetworks exploit the diffusion of molecules, eg, in free space
or in blood vessels, for the purpose of communication. This article comprehensively surveys …

Quantum cryptography is a promising technology that achieves unconditional security,
which is essential to a wide range of sensitive applications. In contrast to optical fiber, the …