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, John G. Rarity, Mark G. Thompson, Andrew Lord, Reza Nejabati
arXiv:1604.05861v269 citations
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This addresses security and cost issues in optical networks for telecommunications and data centers, representing a significant advancement rather than an incremental improvement.
The paper tackled the challenge of securing optical networks by demonstrating a novel architecture that integrates NFV orchestration and SDN control with quantum key distribution (QKD) for the first time, resulting in a cost-effective time-shared QKD design.
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.