First Experimental Demonstration of Secure NFV Orchestration over an SDN-Controlled Optical Network with Time-Shared Quantum Key Distribution Resources
/ Authors
A. Aguado, E. Hugues-Salas, P. Haigh, J. Marhuenda, Alasdair B. Price, P. Sibson, J. Kennard, C. Erven, J. Rarity, M. Thompson
and 3 more authors
/ Abstract
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.
Journal: ArXiv