We highlight a recent publication in the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking that investigates offline scheduling mechanisms for time-division multiplexed Quantum Key Distribution (TDM-QKD) networks.
The paper focuses on how centralized, offline scheduling can efficiently allocate time slots and resources among multiple QKD users, improving network scalability, fairness, and overall performance. These results are particularly relevant for the deployment of shared QKD infrastructures in future optical transport networks.
Citation
J. C. Hernandez-Hernandez, D. Larrabeiti, M. Calderon, I. Soto, and F. Arpanaei,
“On offline scheduling for time-division multiplexing QKD networks,”
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 834–846, September 2025.