Quantum Abstraction Interface: Facilitating Integration of QKD Devices in SDN Networks
Rubén B. Méndez, Juan P. Brito, Rafael J. Vicente, Alejandro Aguado, Antonio Pastor, Diego R. Lopez, Vicente Martín, Vı́ctor López · 2020
This work presents and implements Quantum Abstraction Interface (QuAI). QuAI is integrated in an SDN agent to enable the vendor agnostic configuration of QKD devices. The work demonstrates the framework to provide a flexible procedure to integrate QKD devices in production networks.