QKD-based MACsec Control Plane for the Open-RAN Fronthaul

Daniel A Dik Rodriguez; Romerson D Oliveira; Ekin Arabul; Michael S. Berger; Reza Nejabati; Dimitra Simeonidou

QKD-based MACsec Control Plane for the Open-RAN Fronthaul

Daniel A Dik Rodriguez, Romerson D Oliveira, Ekin Arabul, Michael S. Berger, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra Simeonidou

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We demonstrate an FPGA-based architecture integrating QKD with MACsec Key Agreement protocol to quantum-secure the Open-RAN Fronthaul. This includes a protocol for key synchronization in the MACsec control plane. A key rate of 1 key/sec was achieved providing high reliability for critical applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 49th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 23)
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 3 Jul 2023

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