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Opportunistic quantum network coding based on quantum teleportation

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It seems impossible to endow opportunistic characteristic to quantum network on the basis that quantum channel cannot be overheard without disturbance. In this paper, we propose an opportunistic quantum network coding scheme by taking full advantage of channel characteristic of quantum teleportation. Concretely, it utilizes quantum channel for secure transmission of quantum states and can detect eavesdroppers by means of quantum channel verification. What is more, it utilizes classical channel for both opportunistic listening to neighbor states and opportunistic coding by broadcasting measurement outcome. Analysis results show that our scheme can reduce the times of transmissions over classical channels for relay nodes and can effectively defend against classical passive attack and quantum active attack.

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61571024,61272501), the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB315905), the Research Promotion Grants-in-Aid for KUT Graduates of Special Scholarship Program and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (No. YWF15GJSYS059) for valuable helps.

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    Tao Shang, Gang Du & Jian-wei Liu

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Shang, T., Du, G. & Liu, Jw. Opportunistic quantum network coding based on quantum teleportation. Quantum Inf Process 15, 1743–1763 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-015-1219-2

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