Quantum Communications with NanoSatellites and 5G protocols
high level of security and is proving to be a protocol that can be easily integrated into current technologies that are being used to transmit information throughout the European continent. On the other hand, 5G is the fifth generation of wireless connection that is being currently deployed all over the world to enable the Internet of Things (IoT) technology.
Coordinated by Giuseppe Vallone of the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova, in collaboration with the research institutions ICFO, Sorbonne University, University of Malta, and the companies Sateliot, Stellar Project and Argotec, the project aims to design a secure communication network implementing Quantum technologies, 5G communications and nanosatellites. More specifically, the project aims to design a 12U-CubeSat low-earth-orbit satellite constellation, deployed in an orbit in space at 600km that will combine capabilities for secure communications with QKD and 5G connections.
Quango will carry out laboratory demonstrations of critical components, subsystems and payloads and study their implementation feasibility. It will then pioneer the integration of QKD security systems into 5G protocols aiming to create, in the long run, a 5G-QKD satellite constellation that can cover all European areas and offer the maximum security in communications.
Quango will provide a new paradigm to share the satellite infrastructure required for secure communication based on quantum technologies and for 5G communications. It will help lay the
groundwork for the future Quantum European Infrastructure, a pan-European quantum communication infrastructure that uses satellite as well as groundbased solutions to connect and link European regions and cities.
According to Prof. André Xuereb, project lead and head of the Department of Physics at the University of Malta: “Quango will help to develop new technology that will make it possible to build ultra secure communication systems, combining quantum communications with 5G and satellite systems. It is a very ambitious project that brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and technologists from across the European Union.”
For more information visit http://quango.eu/