Architecture of the Secoqc Quantum Key Distribution network

Mehrdad Dianati; Romain Alleaume

Architecture of the Secoqc Quantum Key Distribution network

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Authors: Mehrdad Dianati , Romain Alleaume

Abstract

The European projet Secoqc (Secure Communication based on Quantum Cryptography) aims at developing a global network for unconditionally secure key distribution. This paper specifies the requirements and presents the principles guiding the design of this network, and relevant to its architecture and protocols.

Keywords

quantum key distribution quantum cryptography

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0610202,
  title  = {Architecture of the Secoqc Quantum Key Distribution network},
  author = {Mehrdad Dianati and Romain Alleaume},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0610202},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

18 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in the proceedings of the IEEE QSEC 2007 workshop. This paper will be presented at the workshop, as well as other aspects of the work related to the Secoqc network. Revised version: one reference added