Quantum key distribution: a networking perspective

M Mehic, M Niemiec, S Rass, J Ma, M Peev… - ACM Computing …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The convergence of quantum cryptography with applications used in everyday life is a topic
drawing attention from the industrial and academic worlds. The development of quantum …

A Survey on Network Slicing Security: Attacks, Challenges, Solutions and Research Directions

C De Alwis, P Porambage, K Dev… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dawn of softwarized networks enables Network Slicing (NS) as an important technology
towards allocating end-to-end logical networks to facilitate diverse requirements of emerging …

Secure quantum communication technologies and systems: From labs to markets

F Cavaliere, E Prati, L Poti, I Muhammad, T Catuogno - Quantum Reports, 2020 - mdpi.com
We provide a broad overview of current quantum communication by analyzing the recent
discoveries on the topic and by identifying the potential bottlenecks requiring further …

End-to-end quantum secured inter-domain 5G service orchestration over dynamically switched flex-grid optical networks enabled by a q-ROADM

R Wang, RS Tessinari, E Hugues-Salas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic and flexible optical networking combined with virtualization and softwarisation
enabled by network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) are …

5G network slicing with QKD and quantum-safe security

P Wright, C White, RC Parker, JS Pegon… - Journal of Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate how the 5G network slicing model can be enhanced to address data
security requirements. In this work, we demonstrate two different slice configurations, with …

Multi-tenant provisioning for quantum key distribution networks with heuristics and reinforcement learning: A comparative study

Y Cao, Y Zhao, J Li, R Lin, J Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) networks are potential to be widely deployed in the
immediate future to provide long-term security for data communications. Given the high price …

11.2 tb/s classical channel coexistence with dv-qkd over a 7-core multicore fiber

E Hugues-Salas, O Alia, R Wang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The feasibility of transmitting discrete-variable quantum key distribution channels with carrier-
grade classical optical channels over multicore fibers is experimentally explored in terms of …

Dynamic DV-QKD networking in trusted-node-free software-defined optical networks

O Alia, RS Tessinari, E Hugues-Salas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate for the first time a four-node trusted-node-free metro network configuration
with dynamic discrete-variable quantum key distribution DV-QKD networking capabilities …

Field trial of dynamic DV-QKD networking in the SDN-controlled fully-meshed optical metro network of the Bristol city 5GUK test network

RS Tessinari, A Bravalheri… - 45th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate for the first time a field trial of a fully meshed metro network with dynamic
QKD networking capabilities across four optical network nodes in the 5GUK Test Network …

Demonstration of a dynamic QKD network control using a QKD-aware SDN application over a programmable hardware encryptor

RS Tessinari, E Arabul, O Alia… - Optical Fiber …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We successfully implemented a QKD-Aware SDN application capable of realtime monitoring
and controlling a quantum secure network paired with a programmable FPGA …