학술논문

Quantum Key Distribution for V2I communications with software‐defined networking
Document Type
Report
Source
IET Quantum Communications. March, 2024, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p38, 8 p.
Subject
Middleware
Database middleware
Technology application
Computer crime
Middleware -- Technology application
Telecommunication systems -- Technology application
Driverless cars -- Technology application
Computer crimes -- Technology application
Language
English
Abstract
The evolution of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) promises improvements in our travel experience and the potential to enhance road safety and reduce environmental impact. This will be utilising highly diverse traffic environments that enable several advanced mobility applications. A secure, efficient, reliable, and resilient communications infrastructure is required to support developments in these CAV systems. Next generation of telecommunication networks will seamlessly integrate terrestrial, satellite, and airborne networks into a single wireless system satisfying the requirements of trustworthy future transport systems. Given the increasing importance of CAVs, coupled with their attractiveness as a cyber‐attack for threat agents (e.g., disruption of transportation systems by nation states), security is paramount. Future communications systems offer an opportunity to integrate Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) into vehicular environments, protecting against advances in quantum computation that render many of the classical algorithms that underpin Public Key Infrastructure obsolete. This paper proposes a method for the integration of QKD in V2I networks to enable secure data communication. Quantum Key Distribution is used in the end‐to‐end path of vehicle‐to‐infrastructure (V2I) networks. Furthermore, an overarching Software‐Defined Network, with integrated QKD, is introduced. We have investigated the security performance of QKD in a V2I network over an urban environment.
INTRODUCTION The increasing commercialisation of quantum‐derived technologies will see a future transition period. Quantum technology‐based solutions will work alongside existing technologies or replace subsystems within current complex super systems. This [...]