Route Planning and Online Routing for Quantum Key Distribution Networks
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| author | López, Jorge Chatzinakis, Charalampos Cartigny, Marc |
| author_facet | López, Jorge Chatzinakis, Charalampos Cartigny, Marc |
| contents | Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) networks harness the principles of quantum physics in order to securely transmit cryptographic key material, providing physical guarantees. These networks require traditional management and operational components, such as routing information through the network elements. However, due to the limitations on capacity and the particularities of information handling in these networks, traditional shortest paths algorithms for routing perform poorly on both route planning and online routing, which is counterintuitive. Moreover, due to the scarce resources in such networks, often the expressed demand cannot be met by any assignment of routes. To address both the route planning problem and the need for fair automated suggestions in infeasible cases, we propose to model this problem as a Quadratic Programming (QP) problem. For the online routing problem, we showcase that the shortest (available) paths routing strategy performs poorly in the online setting. Furthermore, we prove that the widest shortest path routing strategy has a competitive ratio greater or equal than $\frac{1}{2}$, efficiently addressing both routing modes in QKD networks. |
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| spellingShingle | Route Planning and Online Routing for Quantum Key Distribution Networks López, Jorge Chatzinakis, Charalampos Cartigny, Marc Networking and Internet Architecture Cryptography and Security Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) networks harness the principles of quantum physics in order to securely transmit cryptographic key material, providing physical guarantees. These networks require traditional management and operational components, such as routing information through the network elements. However, due to the limitations on capacity and the particularities of information handling in these networks, traditional shortest paths algorithms for routing perform poorly on both route planning and online routing, which is counterintuitive. Moreover, due to the scarce resources in such networks, often the expressed demand cannot be met by any assignment of routes. To address both the route planning problem and the need for fair automated suggestions in infeasible cases, we propose to model this problem as a Quadratic Programming (QP) problem. For the online routing problem, we showcase that the shortest (available) paths routing strategy performs poorly in the online setting. Furthermore, we prove that the widest shortest path routing strategy has a competitive ratio greater or equal than $\frac{1}{2}$, efficiently addressing both routing modes in QKD networks. |
| title | Route Planning and Online Routing for Quantum Key Distribution Networks |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture Cryptography and Security |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09735 |