1. Trusted Node QKD at an Electrical Utility
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Philip G. Evans, Muneer Alshowkan, Duncan Earl, Daniel D. Mulkey, Raymond Newell, Glen Peterson, Claira Safi, Justin L. Tripp, and Nicholas A. Peters
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Cybersecurity ,electrical substation ,network ,quantum key distribution ,trusted node ,trusted relay ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,TK1-9971 - Abstract
Challenges facing the deployment of quantum key distribution (QKD) systems in critical infrastructure protection applications include the optical loss-key rate tradeoff, addition of network clients, and interoperability of vendor-specific QKD hardware. Here, we address these challenges and present results from a recent field demonstration of three QKD systems on a real-world electric utility optical fiber network.
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- 2021
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