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This chapter explains how single QKD links can be connected together via Q3P to form a QKD network. The term ‘network’ emphasizes the need to interconnect more than two nodes. In this network arbitrary user data is transmitted from and to non-adjacent parties.
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Maurhart, O. (2010). QKD networks based on Q3P. In: Kollmitzer, C., Pivk, M. (eds) Applied Quantum Cryptography. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 797. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04831-9_8
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