Field demonstration of a fully managed, L1 encrypted 3-node network with hybrid relayed-QKD and centralized symmetric classical key management
Nikolaos Makris, Papageorgopoulos, A., Konstantinos Tsimvrakidis, Persefoni Konteli, Gautier, Y., M. Terenziani, E. Daudin, D. Ntoulias, T. Fragkioudakis, I. Meletios, Michele Mosca, Hobbs, D., T. Rosati, Ilias Papastamatiou, Ognjen Prnjat, Kostas Koumantaros, Dimitris Mitropoulos, Jean-Robert Morax, B. Hüttner, O. K. Christodoulopoulos · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
We successfully demonstrated a fully-managed, field-deployed, three-node QKD ring network with L1-OTNsec encryption, that employs a hybrid scheme of QKD and classical yet quantum-safe centrally-generated symmetric keys to support point-to-point and relay consumers.