Mobile device having quantum cryptographic security function for mobile commerce, and authentication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630469-B2
Application number	US-201715655420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2017
Priority date	Jan 23, 2015
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein are technologies regarding a communication device and server which are capable of cryptographic communication based on quantum cryptography. The communication device includes: a quantum signal generation unit configured to generate a series of first quantum signals by using a first quantum filter; an optical transmission unit configured to send the series of first quantum signals to a server; and a processor configured to select the first quantum filter based on a series of randomly generated first quantum states, and to control the quantum signal generation unit to generate the series of first quantum signals by using the first quantum filter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile communication device, comprising:
a quantum signal generator configured to generate a series of first quantum signals by using a first quantum filter;
an optical transmitter configured to send the series of first quantum signals to a relay, the series of first quantum signals passing through a first quantum channel between the mobile device and the relay, and at least a part of the series of first quantum signals passing through a second quantum channel between the relay and a server and reaching the server,
wherein a series of second quantum signals is generated such that the at least the part of the series of first quantum signals pass through a second quantum filter at the relay and transferred to the server via the second quantum channel,
wherein information of the first quantum filter and the second quantum filter are transferred together to the server via a non-quantum channel, and
wherein a series of third quantum signals is generated such that at least a part of the series of second quantum signals pass through a third quantum filter at the server; and

a processor configured to:
select the first quantum filter based on a series of randomly generated first quantum states;
control the quantum signal generator to generate the series of first quantum signals by using the first quantum filter;
randomly generate the series of first quantum states based on random numbers;
receive information of the second quantum filter from the relay and receive information of the third quantum filter from the server;
generate a first secret key in conjunction with the relay and the server by applying the information of the first quantum filter, the information of the second quantum filter, and the information of the third quantum filter to the series of first quantum signals; and
perform user authentication in conjunction with the relay and the server by using the first secret key, wherein the first secret key is the same as a second secret key generated by the relay applying the information of the first quantum filter, the second quantum filter, and the third quantum filter to the series of second quantum signals, and wherein the first secret key is the same as a third secret key generated by the server applying the information of the first quantum filter, the second quantum filter, and the third quantum filter to the series of third quantum signals.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication device is at least one of a mobile phone or a personal data assistant (PDA).

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the optical transmitter is further configured to send the series of first quantum signals to the relay by using a free-space optical communication.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate a series of secret keys based on a series of second quantum states randomly generated by the random number generator; and
determine the quantum signal values of the series of first quantum signals based on the series of secret keys.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein the random number generator is further configured to randomly generate the quantum states by using a random number generator (RNG) including a quantum random number generator (QRNG).

6. A mobile communication device, comprising:
a quantum signal generator configured to generate a series of first quantum signals by using a first quantum filter;
an optical transmitter configured to send the series of first quantum signals to a relay, the series of first quantum signals passing through a first quantum channel between the mobile device and the relay, and at least a part of the series of first quantum signals passing through a second quantum channel between the relay and a server and reaching the server,
wherein a series of second quantum signals is generated such that the at least the part of the series of first quantum signals pass through a second quantum filter at the relay and transferred to the server via the second quantum channel,
wherein information of the second filter is generated at the server and is transferred to the relay via a non-quantum channel, and
wherein at least a part of the series of first quantum signals directly passes through the second quantum channel and reaches the server; and

a processor configured to:
select the first quantum filter based on a series of randomly generated first quantum states;
control the quantum signal generator to generate the series of first quantum signals by using the first through the second quantum filter;
randomly generate the series of first quantum states based on random numbers;
receive information of the second quantum filter from the relay or the server via the non-quantum channel;
send information of the first quantum filter to the relay via the non-quantum channel;
generate a secret key in conjunction with the relay based on the information of the first quantum filter and the information of the second quantum filter; and
perform user authentication in conjunction with the relay by using the secret key.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 6 , wherein the mobile communication device is at least one of a mobile phone or a personal data assistant (PDA).

8. The mobile communication device of claim 6 , wherein the optical transmitter is further configured to send the series of first quantum signals to the relay by using a free-space optical communication.

9. A quantum cryptography authentication method for a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
generating, by a quantum signal generator, a series of first quantum signals by using a first quantum filter;
transmitting, by an optical transmitter, the series of first quantum signals to a relay, the series of first quantum signals passing through a first quantum channel between the mobile device and the relay, and at least a part of the series of first quantum signals passing through a second quantum channel between the relay and a server and reaching the server,
wherein a series of second quantum signals is generated such that the at least the part of the series of first quantum signals pass through a second quantum filter at the relay and transferred to the server via the second quantum channel,
wherein information of the first quantum filter and the second quantum filter are transferred together to the server via a non-quantum channel, and
wherein a series of third quantum signals is generated such that at least a part the series of second quantum signals pass through a third quantum filter at the server; and

selecting, by a processor, the first quantum filter based on a series of randomly generated first quantum states; and
controlling, by the processor, the quantum signal generator to generate the series of first quantum signals by using the first quantum filter,
wherein the controlling comprises:
randomly generating the series of first quantum states based on random numbers;
receiving information of the second quantum filter from the relay and receiving information of the third quantum filter from the server,
generating a first secret key in conjunction with the relay and the server by applying the information of the first quantum filter, the information of the second quantum filter, and the information of the third quantum filter to the series of first quantum signals; and
performing user authentication in conjunction with the relay and the server by using the first secret key, wherein the first secret key is the same as a second secret key generated by the relay applying the information of the first quantum filter, the second quantum filter, and the third q

Assignees

• Univ Seoul Ind Coop Found

Inventors

• Ahn Do Yeol

Classifications

• H04L9/0869

  involving random numbers or seeds · CPC title

• H04L9/0852 Primary

  Quantum cryptography (transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infrared H04B10/00; wavelength-division multiplex systems H04J14/02; WDM arrangements H04J14/03) · CPC title

• H04L2209/80

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04B10/70

  Photonic quantum communication · CPC title

• H04L9/0858

  Details about key distillation or coding, e.g. reconciliation, error correction, privacy amplification, polarisation coding or phase coding · CPC title