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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2023
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Moshiur Rahman, Marlboro, NJ (US);

William Trost, Mequon, WI (US);

Daniel Solero, Rockwall, TX (US);

Daniel Sheleheda, Florham Park, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0855 (2013.01); H04L 9/0827 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum key distribution ('QKD') networking as a service. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a microservices controller can establish a plurality of quantum connections with a plurality of virtual quantum connection managers (“vQCMs”) deployed in association with a set of quantum user nodes (“QUNs”) in a QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a request to initialize the QKD network. The microservices controller can coordinate with the plurality of vQCMs to handle initialization of the QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a QKD service request from a QKD network operator. The microservices controller can invoke a plurality of microservices to handle the QKD service request.


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