EuroQCI.Standardization Preparation: Open Specification

Published

9 February 2026

Place of performance

NL363

Procedure

oth-mult

Lots

1

Notice number

00089573-2026

Reference

fb87bfb9-465d-4ca1-bb22-1367ae61cd88

Official source

Official source

CPV codes

• 32412100Red de telecomunicaciones

Description

The objective of this activity is to derive two sets of specifications for prepare-and-measure QKD transceivers (quantum, classic, user, monitoring and control interfaces), one for satellite and one for terrestrial application, that will be presented for standardization in a European standardization body as part of the activity. The activity will include an in-depth analysis of the performance and of the security of the two proposed QKD solutions, with a specific focus on the security of the quantum channel. To this purpose, the two sets of specification will consider all known vulnerabilities of QKD systems and provide a dedicated countermeasure for each of them. The strategy to implement these countermeasures will include a complete security proof, quantifying the maximum information leakage considering HW imperfections as defined by the specifications, a set of software and hardware hacking mitigation strategies, in line with the security proof, and a calibration and monitoring procedure to guarantee the correspondence of these values in the actual implementation. The level of detail of the specification will allow the design of the system in a following phase, not covered under…

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The contracting authority is European Space Agency (European Union).