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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Giuseppe Celozzi, Naples, IT;
Pietro Picaro, Formia, IT;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0852 (2013.01); H04L 9/0819 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method () performed by an apparatus in a Software Defined Network, SDN, the method comprising: receiving () a request to define a virtual link, VL, in the SDN, the request including security constraint information for the VL; identifying () from a network topology of the SDN physical links that are Quantum Cryptography, QC, enabled; computing () a path for the VL using only physical links of the identified QC enabled physical links; and initiating () provisioning of the VL using the computed path.