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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2023
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Yves Cayer, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for network devices of a transport network to obtain quantum key distribution (QKD) keys from a QKD system. The disclosed techniques enable network devices to exchange secure application entity identifications (SAE IDs) via a trusted channel between each pair of network devices. A trusted channel is a channel where the endpoints are known, and data integrity is protected in transit. Depending on the communications protocol used, a trusted channel is a communication channel in which the network devices have authenticated each other or in which the channel data privacy is protected in transit. A pair of network devices can exchange SAE IDs via a trusted channel so that each network device in the pair can obtain corresponding key material from the QKD system.