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20162021
most citedFirst Experimental Demonstration of Secure NFV Orchestration over an SDN-Controlled Optical Network with Time-Shared Quantum Key Distribution Resources

79 citations · 186 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

quant-ph2021★ 39 cited

Dynamic DV-QKD Networking in Fully-Meshed Software-Defined Optical Networks

Obada Alia, Rodrigo Stange Tessinari, Emilio Hugues-Salas +3

We demonstrate for the first time a four-node trusted-node-free metro network configuration with dynamic discrete-variable quantum key distribution DV-QKD networking capabilities a…

cs.NI2019★ 65 cited

End-to-end Quantum Secured Inter-Domain 5G Service Orchestration Over Dynamically Switched Flex-Grid Optical Networks Enabled by a q-ROADM

Rui Wang, Rodrigo Stange Tessinari, Emilio Hugues Salas +10

Dynamic and flexible optical networking enabled by NFV and SDN are the key technology enablers for supporting the dynamicity and bandwidth requirements of emerging 5G network servi…

eess.SP2019★ 1 cited

Coexistence of 11.2Tb/s Carrier-Grade Classical Channels and a DV-QKD Channel over a 7-Core Multicore Fibre

Emilio Hugues-Salas, Qibing Wang, Rui Wang +4

We successfully demonstrate coexistence of record-high 11.2 Tb/s (56x200Gb/s) classical channels with a discrete-variable-QKD channel over a multicore fibre. Continuous secret key…

eess.SP2018★ 1 cited

Field-Trial of Machine Learning-Assisted Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Networking with SDN

Y. Ou, E. Hugues-Salas, F. Ntavou +6

We demonstrated, for the first time, a machine-learning method to assist the coexistence between quantum and classical communication channels. Software-defined networking was used…

cs.CR2018★ 1 cited

Experimental Demonstration of DDoS Mitigation over a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Network Using Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Emilio Hugues-Salas, Foteini Ntavou, Yanni Ou +9

We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, DDoS mitigation of QKD-based networks utilizing a software defined network application. Successful quantum-secured link allocatio…

cs.CR2016★ 79 cited

First Experimental Demonstration of Secure NFV Orchestration over an SDN-Controlled Optical Network with Time-Shared Quantum Key Distribution Resources

Alejandro Aguado, Emilio Hugues-Salas, Paul Anthony Haigh +10

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 ti…