Romanian National Quantum Communication Infrastructure

RoNaQCI proposes the deployment of a 1500+ km QCI network including 6 metropolitan networks
in the cities of Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Craiova and Constanta.

The project includes activities for deployment of advanced production-grade quantum systems and networks combining the best of quantum and classical security devices, explicitly including testing the interface between the QCI's space and terrestrial systems, activities for training and education of, as well as dissemination and communication to a large number of potential users, activities for demonstrating, testing and exploiting the first long-distance quantum communication national and metropolitan networks in Romania.

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RoNaQCI will provide both upskilling and technology testbeds, establishing a national network of quantum communication technology (QCT) hubs.

Objectives

The project represents a key step towards implementing state-of-the-art quantum technology (QT) with the aim to approach and mitigate major challenges raised by the digital era, among which the most prominent are secure communication and enhanced computing capability based on the laws of quantum physics. Moreover, the project is perfectly aligned to the Digital Europe Programme, as its primary objective consists in building and deploying a secure quantum communication infrastructure in Romania that is intended to serve as the local backbone of a future “quantum Internet” on a wider EU scale.

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Activities

The project includes activities for deployment of advanced production-grade quantum systems and networks combining the best of quantum and classical security devices, explicitly including testing the interface between the QCI's space and terrestrial systems, activities for training and education of, as well as dissemination and communication to a large number of potential users, activities for demonstrating, testing and exploiting the first long-distance quantum communication national and metropolitan networks in Romania (compatible with EuroQCI system architecture), and activities for cooperating and participating with other EU entities in the deployment plan along with strategic efforts towards designing and building an overall EuroQCI system architecture.

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Impact

The project will accomplish the deployment of advanced QKD networks (RoNaQCI) in the form of a single, unified, national terrestrial backbone with a number of 16 QKD links, covering over 1350km, 6 metropolitan terrestrial networks (in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Timisoara, Craiova and Constanta) with a total sum of 19 terrestrial QKD links and 1 free-space QKD link all of them integrated and operating with existing communication networks.