Patent ID: 7460670
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying quantum cryptographic parameters associated with a plurality of nodes in a quantum cryptographic network, comprising: monitoring quantum cryptographic parameters associated with the plurality of nodes, wherein the quantum cryptographic parameters comprise at least one of a number of quantum cryptographic bits produced at each of the plurality of nodes using quantum cryptographic techniques; a number of quantum cryptographic bits, produced using quantum cryptographic techniques, consumed in each of the plurality of nodes; a number of different security associations (SAs) active, and using quantum cryptographic bits produced using quantum cryptographic techniques, in each of the plurality of nodes; or a quantum bit error rate (QBER), determined using quantum cryptographic techniques, associated with each of the plurality of nodes; and displaying the monitored quantum cryptographic parameters in at least one of textual and graphical form at a remote location.