<p>The thesis presents the basics of Quantum Key Distribution, a survey of the present techniques, a look at the possible future, and finally a comparison to the alternative technique of using public key or manual distribution of keys.</p><p>Techniques to integrate QKD with the existing telecom fiber infrastructure have been studied, and so has the EU-funded project SECOQC.</p><p>Last the security and efficiency of QKD have been examined, with focus on what level of security that is required, existing security solutions have been used as a comparison.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:liu-17579 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Vestgöte, Karl |
| Publisher | Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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