KMS technical details

This page gives an overview of the technical capabilities of the QKD-KMS

Standard Compliant interfaces

  • ETSI QKD 014 interface to the application layer and to the QKD devices
  • ETSI QKD 004 interface to the application layer and to the QKD devices
  • ETSI QKD 004 to the QKD devices push based for reduced overhead.
  • ETSI QKD 015 derived interface to an SDN Agent

Applied Projects

  • DISCRETION QKD for an SDN managed network in a military context.
  • QCI-CAT the Austrian part of the EuroQCI with up to 10 nodes.
  • Quarter increasing the TRL of QKD solutions.
  • eCAUSIS KMS deployment within QKD device with a strong focus on certification and secure development process.

Integrated with commercial QKD devices

Tested integration with:

  • LuxQuanta® NOVA LQ®
  • Quantum Optics Jena product line “PAM”
  • KEEQuant Andariel

Upcoming integrations:

  • Think Quantum QUKY
  • ID Quantique Cerberis

Development process

The QKD-KMS is developed following modern and industry grade best practices for secure software development and several tools from an extensive test suite to tools for code analysis aid the developers in this process. Unit-tests running in the CI pipeline are maintained during development at a high coverage. Integration tests and test deployment in a QKD network simulation are executed as well. Modern secure implementation techniques are applied. A zero-warning policy is in place and the CI pipeline executes a respected static code analysis tool at every commit. A dynamic code analysis tool is also used.