Software Development for B92 Quantum Key Distribution Communication Protocol

Author

Wijesekera, Shirantha ; Palit, Sajal ; Balachandran, Bala

Author_Institution

Univ. of Canberra, Canberra

fYear

2007

fDate

11-13 July 2007

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

278

Abstract

In cryptography, quantum key distribution (QKD) is a highly secure transmission method used to send secret keys from sender to receiver. This paper discusses about the software implementation of the first two phases of QKD: (1) raw key extraction and (2) error estimation. This paper also discusses about future work proposed to enhance these two phases. A TCP/IP based Client-Server concept has been used to implement the communication between two users in C++ language.

Keywords

C++ language; IP networks; client-server systems; quantum cryptography; software engineering; telecommunication computing; transport protocols; B92 quantum key distribution communication protocol; C++ language; TCP/IP based client-server concept; error estimation; quantum key cryptography; raw key extraction; secure transmission method; software development; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Error analysis; IP networks; Internet; Polarization; Programming; Quantum mechanics; Sockets; TCPIP; B92; BB84; IPsec; QBER; Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); Socket Programming; TCP/IP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Science, 2007. ICIS 2007. 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2841-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIS.2007.168

Filename

4276394