Integration of Quantum Key Distribution in Metropolitan Area Networks
Andreas Poppe, Bernhard Schrenk, Florian Hipp, Momtchil Peev, Slaviša Aleksić, Gerald Franzl, Alex Ciurana, Vicente Martín · Research in Optical Sciences · 2014
The deployment of Quantum Key Distribution forces the development of QKD-links to be operated in current and next-generation photonic metro-access networks. These highly heterogeneous architectures determine the conditions QKD-links need to be optimized for.