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
2017 IEEE Access  
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. INDEX TERMS Quantum key distribution, network coding, free space optical.
doi:10.1109/access.2017.2712288 fatcat:nx6ay554lzf6xhshkwixihokya