Network Coding Aided Cooperative Quantum Key Distribution Over Free-Space Optical Channels

Hung Viet Nguyen; Phuc V. Trinh; Anh T. Pham; Zunaira Babar; Dimitrios Alanis; Panagiotis Botsinis; Daryus Chandra; Soon Xin Ng; Lajos Hanzo

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2712288

IEEE Access (Jan 2017)

Network Coding Aided Cooperative Quantum Key Distribution Over Free-Space Optical Channels

Hung Viet Nguyen,
Phuc V. Trinh,
Anh T. Pham,
Zunaira Babar,
Dimitrios Alanis,
Panagiotis Botsinis,
Daryus Chandra,
Soon Xin Ng,
Lajos Hanzo

Affiliations

Hung Viet Nguyen: School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
Phuc V. Trinh: Computer Communications Laboratory, The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan
Anh T. Pham: Computer Communications Laboratory, The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan
Zunaira Babar: School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
Dimitrios Alanis: School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
Panagiotis Botsinis: School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
Daryus Chandra: ORCiD; School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
Soon Xin Ng: School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
Lajos Hanzo: ORCiD; School of ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2712288
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5
pp. 12301 – 12317

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Realistic public wireless channels and quantum key distribution (QKD) systems are amalgamated. Explicitly, we conceive network coding aided cooperative QKD over free space optical systems for improving the bit error ratio and either the key rate or the reliable operational distance. Our system has provided a 55% key rate improvement against the state-of-the-art benchmarker.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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