Programmable, Latency-Aware and Dynamic Quantum-Secured Optical Network with Key Refresh Rate Negotiation and QKD Sharing

• DOI: 10.23919/ofc49934.2023.10117306
• Publication Date: 2023-05-19T17:26:19Z
• Authors: R. D. Oliveira; E. Arabul; R. Wang; C. Vrontos; R. Nejabati; D. Simeonidou
• Keywords: Control reconfiguration; Quantum key distribution

We have demonstrated a dynamic QKD network with latency-aware and QKD-capacity sensitive algorithm. This scheme negotiates the optimal key refresh period assigns priorities for preferred channels. Network reconfiguration time is within 49ms.