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Measurement-device-independent quantum wireless network communication

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Quantum wireless communication networks are an important part of global quantum networks. Here we propose a measurement-device-independent quantum wireless network communication protocol, which can not only close detector-side-channel loopholes launched by malicious nodes but also remedy the drawback of a perfectly shared Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state between the nodes. Moreover, the correctness of the generated entanglement between the sender and the receiver is checked. The security analysis shows that the proposed protocol is secure against common attacks from malicious nodes.

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We declare that we have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work, there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of, the manuscript.

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This work was supported by the Open Fund of Advanced Cryptography and System Security Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (Grant No. SKLACSS-202104); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62071015, 62171264).

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  1. Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China

    Yong-Li Yang, Yu-Guang Yang, Yi-Hua Zhou & Wei-Min Shi

  2. Advanced Cryptography and System Security Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan, 610025, China

    Yong-Li Yang & Yu-Guang Yang

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Trusted Computing, Beijing, 100124, China

    Yu-Guang Yang

  4. College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

    Dan Li

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Yang, YL., Yang, YG., Zhou, YH. et al. Measurement-device-independent quantum wireless network communication. Quantum Inf Process 21, 154 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-022-03469-x

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