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Quantum Key Distribution (Qkd) from Academic Research to Industrial Practice
With the significant publicity campaigns around Quantum Technologies and specifically Quantum Communication, and the flurry of Standardization and Certification as well as industrial cooperation activities (ETSI, ISO, ITU-T, CEN-CENELEC, GSMA) we intend to have a serious discussion on the practical applicability of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). On the one hand it is paramount to understand what are the realistic or to be anticipated risks against which QKD can ensure protection. On the other it is to be elaborated, how QKD can be compared to suggested alternatives, specifically Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC). Further the utilization strategy of QKD is to be discussed. Very often some partially unrealistic and often exaggerated requirements such as dedicated fiber infrastructures and trust centers at short distances plus expectations for a specific and very expensive technology are put forward that make QKD technology appear unaffordable financially, This is to be addressed critically in conjunction with issues such as authentication in these cases. It is to be understood what practically relevant but affordable use cases can be addressed using QKD.
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) for 5G-Advanced
With the deployment of 5G networks and the start of standardizing 5G-Advanced, both academia and industry are exploring actively into future technologies for next generation wireless communication systems. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been envisioned to reduce the energy consumption and improve the spectral efficiency of wireless networks by artificially re-configuring the propagation environment of electromagnetic waves. RIS-based transmission, in which the large number of small, low-cost, and passive elements on RIS only reflect the incident signal with an adjustable reflection amplitude and phase shift without requiring a dedicated energy source for radio frequency processing, decoding or encoding, is completely different from existing active relays and open up a new area of research for wireless communications. RISs are being discussed actively in regional and global standardization development organizations and are likely to become a critical component of 5G-Advanced networks.