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A Quantum Key Distribution Network isn't just multiple QKD links - it's a managed infrastructure that enables any node to securely communicate with any other node, not just direct neighbors. The challenge: QKD is point-to-point over single fiber spans. To connect 10 locations, you'd need 45 direct links (10 choose 2), which is economically impossible. The solution uses trusted nodes - intermediate points that receive quantum keys from neighbors, store them securely (typically in HSMs), and forward them onward. Alice QKDs with Node 1, Node 1 QKDs with Node 2, Node 2 QKDs with Bob. Alice and Bob end up with a shared key that traveled via trusted intermediaries. Critics note trusted nodes introduce security assumptions, but they enable practical deployment. Advanced QKDNs use software-defined networking (like QNu Labs' ChaQra) for dynamic routing, multiplexing to share fiber with classical traffic, and mesh topologies for redundancy. Cities like Tokyo, Beijing, Geneva operate metropolitan QKDNs protecting government and financial communications.
Point-to-point QKD serves labs and demonstrations. Networks serve cities and countries. China built a 2000+ kilometer QKDN connecting Beijing and Shanghai. The EU funds metropolitan quantum networks. QKDN transforms QKD from exotic technology to deployable infrastructure that governments and enterprises can actually use for operational security.
QKDNs enable quantum-safe communications at city, regional, and national scale. For smart cities protecting IoT infrastructure, financial districts securing transactions, government agencies coordinating securely, and defense networks spanning theaters, QKDN provides the infrastructure for physics-based security at scale. QNu Labs' ChaQra is designed to deploy and manage QKDNs for metros and countries.
Metropolitan area quantum networks for smart cities, government agency secure communications networks, financial district bank-to-bank security, national quantum communication backbones, defense and military theater networks, critical infrastructure protection networks, international diplomatic communication links
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