Key Allocation Strategies in Quantum-Secured Networks

Catalina Stan; Dominique Verchere; Juan José Vegas Olmos; Idelfonso Tafur Monroy; Simon Rommel

doi:10.1364/NETWORKS.2025.NeM3C.2

Key Allocation Strategies in Quantum-Secured Networks

Catalina Stan
, Dominique Verchere
, Juan José Vegas Olmos
, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
, Simon Rommel

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Abstract

Resource allocation in QKD networks becomes challenging once key consumption rates reach key generation, at least on certain network links. We present different allocation strategies to improve key assignment success rate and key delivery delay.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Photonics Congress (IPR, Networks, NOMA, SOLITH, SPPCom)
Subtitle of host publication	Photonic Networks and Devices 2025
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-957171-51-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/NETWORKS.2025.NeM3C.2
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2025 - Marseille Chanot, Marseille, France Duration: 13 Jul 2025 → 17 Jul 2025

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Conference	Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2025
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	13/07/25 → 17/07/25

Keywords

Quantum key distribution
Key allocation

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QKD Testbed
Rommel, S. (Project Manager), Patterson, D. (Project member), Verschoor, S. R. (Project member), Álvarez Roa, M. (Project member), Stan, C. (Project member), Vacancy Postdoc (Project member), Vacancy 10 (Project member) & Barreiro, A. (Project member)
1/09/21 → 31/12/28
Project: Third tier
IoTalentum: Internet of Things: Advance Learning in NetworkedTraining
Tafur Monroy, I. (Project Manager), Rommel, S. (Project member), Patterson, D. (Project member), Stan, C. (Project member), Rubio García, C. (Project member), Bouchmal, O. (Project member), Cimoli, B. (Project member) & Witteveen, F. (Project member)
1/10/20 → 30/06/25
Project: Third tier

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Stan, C, Verchere, D, Vegas Olmos, JJ, Tafur Monroy, I & Rommel, S 2025, Key Allocation Strategies in Quantum-Secured Networks. in Advanced Photonics Congress (IPR, Networks, NOMA, SOLITH, SPPCom): Photonic Networks and Devices 2025., NeM3C.2, Optica Publishing Group, Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2025, Marseille, France, 13/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1364/NETWORKS.2025.NeM3C.2

Key Allocation Strategies in Quantum-Secured Networks. / Stan, Catalina; Verchere, Dominique; Vegas Olmos, Juan José et al.
Advanced Photonics Congress (IPR, Networks, NOMA, SOLITH, SPPCom): Photonic Networks and Devices 2025. Optica Publishing Group, 2025. NeM3C.2.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Key Allocation Strategies in Quantum-Secured Networks

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