Physical-Layer Security and Quantum Key Distribution

• Main Author: Djordjevic, Ivan B. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Electrical engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Mathematical and Computational Engineering.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Computer Communication Networks.

This textbook integrates the most advanced topics of physical-layer security, cryptography, covert/stealth communications, quantum key distribution (QKD), and cyber security to tackle complex security issues. After introducing the reader to various concepts and practices, the author addresses how th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Information theory fundamentals
• Conventional cryptography fundamentals
• Physical-layer security (PLS)
• Quantum information theory and quantum information processing fundamentals
• Quantum key distribution
• Discrete-variable (DV) QKD
• Continuous-variable (CV) QKD
• Measurement-device-independent (MDI)
• Covert/stealth/low-probability of detection classical and quantum communications
• Cyber security, PLS, and QKD relationship
• Conclusion.