Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution for nonstandalone networks

分类： 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间： 2023-02-19

Guan-Jie Fan-Yuan Feng-Yu Lu Shuang Wang Zhen-Qiang Yin De-Yong He Zheng Zhou Jun Teng Wei Chen Guang-Can Guo Zheng-Fu Han

摘要： Untrusted node networks initially implemented by measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) protocol are a crucial step on the roadmap of the quantum Internet. Considering extensive QKD implementations of trusted node networks, a workable upgrading tactic of existing networks toward MDI networks needs to be explicit. Here, referring to the nonstandalone (NSA) network of 5G, we propose an NSA-MDI scheme as an evolutionary selection for existing phase-encoding BB84 networks. Our solution can upgrade the BB84 networks and terminals that employ various phase-encoding schemes to immediately support MDI without hardware changes. This cost-effective upgrade effectively promotes the deployment of MDI networks as a step of untrusted node networks while taking full advantage of existing networks. In addition, the diversified demands on security and bandwidth are satisfied, and network survivability is improved.

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