Secure practical indoor optical wireless communications using quantum key distribution

Vincent Lee; Dominic OBrien

Secure practical indoor optical wireless communications using quantum key distribution

Signal Processing 2020-04-29 v3 Networking and Internet Architecture

Authors: Vincent Lee , Dominic OBrien

Abstract

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) can guarantee security for practical indoor optical wireless environments. The key challenges are to mitigate artificial lighting and ambient light at the receiver. A new spectral region for QKD is proposed and an ideal QKD link model is simulated with experimental ambient light power measurements. Simulation, modelling, and analysis indicates that the carbon dioxide and water absorption band (1370 nm) is a new wavelength region for QKD operation in indoor optical wireless environments. For a feasible QKD link, approximately 20 dB of signal to noise ratio (SNR) is required and a maximum quantum bit error rate (QBER) of 11% when using the BB84 protocol. Links in the new spectral region with a FOV of several degrees are feasible, depending on available components.

Keywords

wireless channel characterization wireless power transfer and sensor networks wireless communication

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@article{arxiv.1908.07951,
  title  = {Secure practical indoor optical wireless communications using quantum key distribution},
  author = {Vincent Lee and Dominic OBrien},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07951},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Page 10, experimental results. Authors decision to revisit and resolve orders of magnitude discrepancy

Secure practical indoor optical wireless communications using quantum key distribution

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