Main features: Simulates the performance of QKD communications without the need for equipment.
Objectives: Achieve close to real-life performance.
Advantages: No need for expensive QKD equipment.
What is new: The component will be compared to actual experiments in the duration of the project.
Why is it important: Highly reduced costs compared to actual equipment.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- Business Angels
- Venture Capital
Funding opportunities to expand the QKD mechanisms that are supported by the simulator.
- Research and Technology Organisations
- Academia/ Universities
- Private Investors
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
Development and refinement, Identification of key stakeholders, and Market analysis
The simulator does not require significant computation resources and can easily deployed and scaled to higher numbers of actors.
The simulator is based on a mathematical framework, so results can be replicated accurately. The simulator has been experimentally verified with actual QKD hardware.
The simulator reduces the need for QKD hardware before testing the various scenarios that QKD will be used for; thus, ensuring that high-cost equipment is manufactured (environmental sustainability) and purchased (economic sustainability) only if necessary.
