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 Prof. Yongli Zhao Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China |
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| Title: Quantum Key Distribution Networking Integrated with Classical Optical Networks | |
| Abstract: Network security is attracting increasing research interest. Data encryption is an effective way to secure communication networks. However, classical key distribution methods based on the mathematical complexity will suffer from increasing computational power and attack algorithms in the near future. Noticeably, quantum key distribution (QKD) is now being considered as a secure mechanism to provision information-theoretically secure symmetric quantum keys for data encryption, which is a potential technique to protect communications from security attacks in communication networks. Nevertheless, how to deploy QKD over optical networks for security enhancements are emerging as two new challenges. In this talk, a QKD-enabled optical network architecture will be described. Then, some topics in QKD-enabled optical networks will be discussed, such as resource allocation for different channels, survivability solutions for failures, construction schemes of quantum key pools, and last mile solution for quantum key provisioning. | |
| Biography: Yongli Zhao, is currently a professor of institute of information photonics and optical communications at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He received the B.S. degree in communication engineering and Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology from BUPT, respectively. During Jan. 2016 to Jan. 2017, he was a visiting associate professor at UC Davis. He has published more than 300 international journal and conference papers. Since 2015, he became a senior member of IEEE. His research focuses on quantum Internet and AI in optical networks. | |
