Delivering a system hardened, scalable, and interoperable QKD solution (DHSI-QKD)

提供系统强化、可扩展且可互操作的 QKD 解决方案 (DHSI-QKD)

• 批准号: 10090765
• 金额: $ 216.86万
• 依托单位: KETS QUANTUM SECURITY LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10090765
• 关键词: Delivering; system; hardened; scalable; interoperable

This project delivers a next generation QKD solution designed for telecommunications production environments. This system addresses additional near term market demands not met by current offerings; high levels of security, robustness and networking flexibility - all whilst being delivered at speed and at scale.As deployment of QKD becomes more widespread, transitioning from lab-based verification to national testbeds & commercial trials and services, network and data centre operators are increasingly demanding features in QKD products that are standard in other technologies in their operational stack.The challenge is threefold; firstly, deployment in mission critical data environments demands a level of security currently not widely available in QKD systems. Secondly, deployment in complex networks requires a level of flexibility not easily achieved with point to point QKD products; and thirdly, as the demand for quantum-safe communications grows, the solutions must be extremely reliable and be available at scale.Whilst current QKD systems can offer some of these features, there is not a single product on the market that can meet the full set of requirements. As a result, there is a significant opportunity for an entrant into the market that can provide the scale, security and flexibility that customers are demanding.By delivering a QKD system that meets the key demands from the market of security, reliability and flexibility at scale for the first time, we can ensure that the UK can be at the heart of the global supply chain for commercial quantum-safe communications.

该项目为电信生产环境提供了下一代QKD解决方案。该系统解决了当前产品无法满足的额外短期市场需求;高水平的安全性、稳健性和网络灵活性--同时快速、大规模地交付。随着QKD的部署变得越来越广泛，从基于实验室的验证过渡到国家测试平台、商业试验和服务，网络和数据中心运营商对QKD产品的功能要求越来越高，这些功能在其运营堆栈中是其他技术的标准。首先，在使命关键数据环境中的部署需要目前在QKD系统中不广泛可用的安全级别。第二，在复杂网络中部署需要一定的灵活性，这是点对点QKD产品难以实现的;第三，随着对量子安全通信需求的增长，解决方案必须非常可靠，并且可以大规模使用。虽然目前的QKD系统可以提供其中的一些功能，但市场上没有一种产品可以满足全部要求。因此，对于能够提供客户所需的规模、安全性和灵活性的市场进入者来说，这是一个重大的机会。通过提供首次大规模满足市场对安全性、可靠性和灵活性的关键需求的QKD系统，我们可以确保英国能够成为商业量子安全通信全球供应链的核心。