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Quantum Information Processing
Published in: Quantum Information Processing 3/2024

01-03-2024

Advancing multi-party quantum key agreement protocols: the power of a two-layer approach

Authors: Jiawei Liu, Qingle Wang, Qingxia Mu, Yuancheng Li, Long Cheng, Wenqi Sun

Published in: Quantum Information Processing | Issue 3/2024

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Abstract

Quantum key agreement holds great promise for enabling secure and efficient data transfer in the era of advanced technologies. This paper proposes a novel approach to address the key generation problem by introducing a two-layer multiparty quantum key agreement (TMQKA) protocol based on non-maximally entangled states. The TMQKA protocol generates two layers of keys among multiple users by employing the properties of non-maximally entangled states and local operations. The first layer of keys is established among all users to achieve secure multiparty communication. The second layer of keys is between two neighboring users to ensure point-to-point communication between them. In addition, the analysis demonstrates that the proposed TMQKA protocol satisfies the requirements of correctness, security, and fairness. The unique two-layer structure of TMQKA makes it have a high efficiency. Our work lays the foundation for the establishment of two-layer quantum networks in the future.
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Metadata
Title
Advancing multi-party quantum key agreement protocols: the power of a two-layer approach
Authors
Jiawei Liu
Qingle Wang
Qingxia Mu
Yuancheng Li
Long Cheng
Wenqi Sun
Publication date
01-03-2024
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Quantum Information Processing / Issue 3/2024
Print ISSN: 1570-0755
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1332
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-024-04302-3

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