Performance Comparison Of Bb84 And B92 Satellite-Based Free Space Quantum Optical Communication Systems In The Presence Of Channel Effects
Keywords:
Comparison, quantum key distribution performance, quantum bit error rate (QBER), secure communication rate, low earth orbit (LEO), geostationary orbit (GEO)Abstract
The performance of single photon pulsed polarization based BB84 and B92 platforms against individual attacks for free space quantum optical communication links between a ground station and a satellite in the low earth orbit was compared. The comparison was attained by evaluating the quantum bit error rate and secure communication bit rate on secure optical link loss and the sensitivity of different parameters. Precisely, realistic experimental parameters were used and the results obtained were compared with those of other works. Quantum bit error rates as low as 3.5% have been regularly obtained. Moreover, with repetition rate of 10MHz at the low earth orbit standard orbital altitude of 100km and at zenith angle of 60 degrees, secure communication bit rates of ~280kHz and ~70kHz were received for the BB84 and B92 respectively. The obtained results show that the BB84 protocol exhibits better performance than B92 in the distribution of the secure communication key over long distance. Overall, these results reveal that it is possible to obtain secure key exchange in the low earth orbit, an idea which can be extended to other long distance laser links such as geostationary orbit.
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