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Title: Programmable Quantum Networked Microgrids

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
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  1. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
  2. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
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Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides a potent solution to securely distribute keys for two parties. However, QKD itself is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. A flexible and resilient QKD-enabled networked microgrids (NMs) architecture is needed but does not yet exist. In this article, we present a programmable quantum NMs (PQNMs) architecture. It is a novel framework that integrates both QKD and software-defined networking (SDN) techniques capable of enabling scalable, programmable, quantum-engineered, and ultra-resilient NMs. Equipped with a software-defined adaptive post-processing approach, a two-level key pool sharing strategy and an SDN-enabled event-triggered communication scheme, these PQNMs mitigate the impact of DoS attacks through programmable post-processing and secure key sharing among QKD links, a capability unattainable using existing technologies. Through comprehensive evaluations, we validate the benefits of PQNMs and demonstrate the efficacy of the presented strategies under various circumstances. Extensive results provide insightful resources for building QKD-enabled NMs in practice.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), Power Systems Engineering Research and Development; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; OIA-2040599; ECCS-1831811
OSTI ID:
1668661
Report Number(s):
BNL-219846-2020-JAAM
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, Vol. 1; ISSN 2689-1808
Publisher:
IEEECopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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