First Experimental Demonstration of Secure NFV Orchestration over an SDN-Controlled Optical Network with Time-Shared Quantum Key Distribution Resources

Alasdair B. Price; Alejandro Aguado; Andrew Lord; Christopher Erven; Dimitra Simeonidou; Emilio Hugues-Salas; Jake E. Kennard; Jaume Marhuenda; John G. Rarity; Mark G. Thompson

arxiv: 1604.05861 · v2 · pith:EH2FDBCEnew · submitted 2016-04-20 · 💻 cs.CR · cs.NI

First Experimental Demonstration of Secure NFV Orchestration over an SDN-Controlled Optical Network with Time-Shared Quantum Key Distribution Resources

Alejandro Aguado , Emilio Hugues-Salas , Paul Anthony Haigh , Jaume Marhuenda , Alasdair B. Price , Philip Sibson , Jake E. Kennard , Christopher Erven

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John G. Rarity Mark G. Thompson Andrew Lord Reza Nejabati Dimitra Simeonidou

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keywords networkdistributionfirstopticalorchestrationquantumsecuretime-shared

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We demonstrate, for the first time, a secure optical network architecture that combines NFV orchestration and SDN control with quantum key distribution (QKD) technology. A novel time-shared QKD network design is presented as a cost-effective solution for practical networks.

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First Experimental Demonstration of Secure NFV Orchestration over an SDN-Controlled Optical Network with Time-Shared Quantum Key Distribution Resources

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