Analysis of outage performance in a 6G‐V2X communications system utilising free‐space optical quantum key distribution

H Yuan, DS Fowler, C Maple… - IET Quantum …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum‐based technologies will provide system engineers with new capabilities for
securing data communications. The UK AirQKD project has implemented a Free‐Space …

A Practical Implementation of Quantum-Derived Keys for Secure Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications

DS Fowler, C Maple, G Epiphaniou - Vehicles, 2023 - mdpi.com
We provide a practical implementation of a free space optical quantum key distribution (FSO-
QKD) system within a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) application developed under the …

Quantum‐to‐the‐Home: Achieving Gbits/s Secure Key Rates via Commercial Off‐the‐Shelf Telecommunication Equipment

R Asif, WJ Buchanan - Security and Communication Networks, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is current significant interest in Fiber‐to‐the‐Home (FTTH) networks, that is, end‐to‐
end optical connectivity. Currently, it may be limited due to the presence of last‐mile copper …

Field trial of multi-node, coherent-one-way quantum key distribution with encrypted 5× 100G DWDM transmission system

A Wonfor, C White, A Bahrami, J Pearse… - 45th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the launch of a link using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) integrated with
500Gbps encrypted data over 121 km between Adastral Park and Cambridge, UK. This is …

Low size, weight and power quantum key distribution system for small form unmanned aerial vehicles

C Quintana, P Sibson, G Erry, Y Thueux… - Free-Space Laser …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The security of sensitive information exchange has become a major topic in recent years.
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) provides a highly secure approach to share random …

Quantum key distribution over optical access networks

S Aleksic, D Winkler, G Franzl, A Poppe… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is well known that optical access networks are able to provide high data rates over long
distances and to a reasonable number of users. Security and privacy are always a challenge …

On the security of an optical layer encryption using coherent-based TF-QKD in classical optical fiber links

A Chan, M Khalil, KA Shahriar, LR Chen… - … and the Internet …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) protocols have remained an enticing solution
because it is able to overcome many of the limitations that are inherently found in QKD …

An Australia/New Zealand optical communications ground station network for next generation satellite communications

F Bennet, K Ferguson, K Grant… - Free-space laser …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The limited bandwidth and security provided by radio frequency communications between
the ground and space can be overcome with optical communications. The smaller beam …

Present and future free-space quantum key distribution

JE Nordholt, RJ Hughes, GL Morgan… - Free-Space Laser …, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Free-space quantum key distribution (QKD), more popularly know as quantum cryptography,
uses single-photon free-space optical communications to distribute the secret keys required …

Toward the integration of CV quantum key distribution in deployed optical networks

F Karinou, HH Brunner, CHF Fung… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we report on the advances toward the integration of our developed continuous
variables (CV) quantum key distribution (QKD) system in existing optical infrastructure and …