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Digital Twins Based on Quantum Networking

Zhihan Lv, Cheng Chen, Houbing Song

2022IEEE Network45 citationsDOI

Abstract

This work aims to improve the communication security of the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based on digital twins (DTs). The related technologies of quantum communication are introduced to improve network communication. Firstly, the key DTs technologies in the construction of IIoT are expounded. Also, the characteristics of quantum communication are analyzed. Secondly, a channel encryption scheme based on quantum communication is proposed to ensure the communication security of IIoT. The scheme uses the five-particle entanglement state and two-particle bell state as entanglement channels to realize two-particle quantum teleportation. Finally, an Adaptive Key Residue algorithm is proposed based on the quantum key distribution mechanism. The algorithm verification suggests that the success rate of service distribution decreases with the increase in network load. When the service load reaches 1000, the Adaptive Key Residue algorithm can maintain a success rate of service distribution in the network higher than 0.6. Besides, the success rate of service distribution increases with the growth of the total key generation rate V and the key pool capacity C. The research results reported here are of great significance for realizing the secure communication of IIoT systems based on digital twins to ensure the effective operation of network communication and the secure transmission of data.

Topics & Concepts

Computer scienceQuantum key distributionComputer networkQuantum entanglementKey (lock)Secure communicationQuantum networkQuantum channelEncryptionDistributed computingComputer securityQuantumQuantum mechanicsPhysicsQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureMolecular Communication and Nanonetworks