Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of user-authenticated quantum key distribution
- Patent Title (中): 用户认证的量子密钥分发方法
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Application No.: US12953198Application Date: 2010-11-23
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Publication No.: US08639927B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Jeong-Woon Choi , Ku-Young Chang , Nam-Su Jho , Do-Won Hong
- Applicant: Jeong-Woon Choi , Ku-Young Chang , Nam-Su Jho , Do-Won Hong
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Priority: KR10-2009-0113860 20091124
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32

Abstract:
A method of user-authenticated quantum key distribution according to the present invention shares a position having the same basis without making public basis information using previously shared secret keys and authenticates a quantum channel by confirming whether there is the same measured outcome at that position, in order to secure unconditional security of BB84 quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attack.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110126011A1 METHOD OF USER-AUTHENTICATED QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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