In this paper, we report on the performance of the SwissQuantum quantum key distribution (QKD) network. The network was installed in the Geneva metropolitan area and run for more than one and a half years, from the end of March 2009 to the beginning of January 2011. The main goal of this experiment was to test the reliability of the quantum layer over a long period of time in a production environment. A key management layer has been developed to manage the key between the three nodes of the network. This QKD-secure network was used by end-users through an application layer.
@article{arxiv.1203.4940,
title = {Long term performance of the SwissQuantum quantum key distribution network in a field environment},
author = {D. Stucki and M. Legre and F. Buntschu and B. Clausen and N. Felber and N. Gisin and L. Henzen and P. Junod and G. Litzistorf and P. Monbaron and L. Monat and J. -B. Page and D. Perroud and G. Ribordy and A. Rochas and S. Robyr and J. Tavares and R. Thew and P. Trinkler and S. Ventura and R. Voirol and N. Walenta and H. Zbinden},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.4940},
year = {2012}
}
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Published in New Journal of Physics, http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/13/123001