Patent ID: 11895234
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a quantum key-distribution device, cause the quantum key-distribution device of a pair of quantum key-distribution devices to:
communicate with another quantum key-distribution device of the pair of quantum key-distribution devices to cause a key to be generated;
determine an identifier associated with the key;
determine a particular time window associated with the key;
send, to a node, a first message that includes the identifier associated with the key,
wherein the first message is sent to the node before expiration of the particular time window; and

send, to the node, a second message that includes the key and information indicating the particular time window,
wherein the second message is sent to the node after expiration of the particular time window.