Quantum direct communication method with user authentication and apparatus using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10778420-B2
Application number	US-201815980919-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2018
Priority date	Oct 20, 2017
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A quantum direct communication with user authentication and an apparatus using the same. The quantum direct communication method includes performing verification of security of a quantum channel using a preset channel verification probability and a quantum state source generated by a receiver of quantum direct communication, performing user authentication using one or more of a preset user authentication probability, the quantum state source, and an authentication key shared between the receiver and a sender, stopping quantum direct communication and resetting the quantum channel when the verification of security of the quantum channel fails, and stopping quantum direct communication when the user authentication fails.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A quantum direct communication method with user authentication, comprising:
performing verification of security of a quantum channel using a preset channel verification probability and a quantum state source generated by a receiver of quantum direct communication;
performing user authentication using one or more of a preset user authentication probability, the quantum state source, and an authentication key shared between the receiver and a sender;
stopping the quantum direct communication and resetting the quantum channel when the verification of security of the quantum channel fails; and
stopping the quantum direct communication when the user authentication fails.

2. The quantum direct communication method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the user authentication comprises:
performing user authentication for the receiver using an authentication encryption key that is configured based on authentication information corresponding to a message randomly generated by the sender; and
performing user authentication for the sender simultaneously with the verification of security of an A-to-B quantum channel directed from the sender to the receiver.

3. The quantum direct communication method of claim 2 , wherein the performing the user authentication for the receiver comprises:
applying, by the sender, the authentication key to at least one quantum state selected from the quantum state source according to the preset user authentication probability;
encrypting, by the sender, at least one quantum state, to which the authentication key is applied, using the authentication encryption key, and then transmitting the encrypted quantum state to the receiver; and
detecting, by the receiver, the authentication encryption key based on the authentication key and the quantum state source, and providing authentication information, decrypted using the authentication encryption key, to the sender.

4. The quantum direct communication method of claim 2 , wherein the performing the user authentication is configured such that a verifier that is any one of the receiver and the sender notifies a verification target that is a remaining one, other than the verifier, that a current mode is a user authentication mode, and provides location information corresponding to the at least one quantum state to a prover.

5. The quantum direct communication method of claim 4 , wherein, when the user authentication is user authentication for the sender, the receiver is the verifier, and when the user authentication is user authentication for the receiver, the sender is the verifier.

6. The quantum direct communication method of claim 4 , wherein location information that is provided to the receiver to perform user authentication for the sender is identical to location information that is provided to the receiver to perform verification of security of the A-to-B quantum channel.

7. The quantum direct communication method of claim 2 , wherein the performing the user authentication for the sender comprises:
applying the authentication key to at least one quantum state, selected by the sender from the quantum state source according to the preset channel verification probability, upon performing the verification of security of the A-to-B quantum channel; and
applying a preset encryption operator to the at least one quantum state, to which the authentication key is applied, and transmitting a resulting quantum state to the receiver such that the receiver is capable of performing user authentication in consideration of identicalness of the at least one quantum state.

8. The quantum direct communication method of claim 7 , wherein the verification of security of the quantum channel is performed on the A-to-B quantum channel and on a B-to-A quantum channel directed from the receiver to the sender.

9. The quantum direct communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, by the sender, a message encryption operator corresponding to a message to be delivered to the receiver based on a preset encryption operator;
transmitting, by the sender, an encrypted result, obtained by applying the authentication key and the message encryption operator to the quantum state source, to the receiver; and
decrypting, by the receiver, the message by comparing a result, obtained by applying the authentication key to the quantum state source, with the encrypted result.

10. The quantum direct communication method of claim 1 , wherein the quantum state source is generated in accordance with a single quantum state other than quantum entangled states.

11. A transmission apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store an authentication key that is shared with a reception apparatus of quantum direct communication; and
a processor configured to:
perform verification of security of an A-to-B quantum channel directed to the reception apparatus using a preset channel verification probability and a quantum state source generated by the reception apparatus,
perform user authentication for the reception apparatus using one or more of a preset user authentication probability, the quantum state source, and the authentication key,
when the verification of security of the quantum channel fails, stop quantum direct communication, and reset the quantum channel, and
when the user authentication fails, stop the quantum direct communication.

12. The transmission apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to apply the authentication key to at least one quantum state selected from the quantum state source according to the preset user authentication probability, to encrypt the at least one quantum state, to which the authentication key is applied, using an authentication encryption key that is configured based on authentication information corresponding to a randomly generated message, and to transmit the encrypted quantum state to the reception apparatus.

13. The transmission apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to receive authentication information, decrypted by the reception apparatus based on the authentication encryption key, and to perform user authentication for reception apparatus by comparing the received authentication information with the authentication information corresponding to the randomly generated message.

14. The transmission apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the authentication encryption key is detected based on the authentication key and the quantum state source.

15. The transmission apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processor notifies the reception apparatus that a current mode is a user authentication mode and provides location information corresponding to the at least one quantum state to the reception apparatus.

16. The transmission apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor generates a message encryption operator corresponding to a message to be delivered to the reception apparatus based on a preset encryption operator, and transmits an encrypted result, obtained by applying the authentication key and the message encryption operator to the quantum state source, thus enabling quantum direct communication to be performed.

17. A reception apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store an authentication key that is shared with a transmission apparatus of quantum direct communication; and
a processor configured to:
perform verification of security of a B-to-A quantum channel directed from the transmission apparatus using a preset channel verification probability and a quantum state source generated for quantum direct communication,
perform user a

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Hong Changho
• Kim Nayoung
• Kwon Osung
• Ji Se Wan
• Ko Haeng-Seok
• Jang Jingak
• Kwon Daesung

Classifications

• H04L9/3228

  One-time or temporary data, i.e. information which is sent for every authentication or authorization, e.g. one-time-password, one-time-token or one-time-key · CPC title

• H04L9/32

  including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system {or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials} · 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

• H04L9/085

  Secret sharing or secret splitting, e.g. threshold schemes · CPC title

• H04L9/0869

  involving random numbers or seeds · CPC title