Invention Application
- Patent Title: COMBINING QKD AND CLASSICAL COMMUNICATION
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Application No.: US17753772Application Date: 2020-08-18
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Publication No.: US20220376905A1Publication Date: 2022-11-24
- Inventor: Andrew LORD
- Applicant: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
- Current Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Priority: EP19197082.1 20190912
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/073130 WO 20200818
- Main IPC: H04L9/08
- IPC: H04L9/08

Abstract:
There is herein disclosed a method of communication between a client pair, the client pair including an upstream client and a downstream client, the method being performed over a first optical fiber in an optical fiber pair and including: transmitting a downstream DWDM signal over the first optical fiber, wherein the downstream DWDM signal has a first frequency and contains first data originating from the upstream client, transmitting an upstream DWDM signal over the first optical fiber, wherein the upstream DWDM signal has a second frequency and contains second data originating from the downstream client, wherein the first frequency is different to the second frequency, and performing Quantum Key Distribution over the second optical fiber of the optical fiber pair.
Public/Granted literature
- US12132829B2 Combining QKD and classical communication Public/Granted day:2024-10-29
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