Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access-Based Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution: Secret Key Rate Analysis and Power Allocation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06748v1
• Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:20:44 GMT
• Title: Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access-Based Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution: Secret Key Rate Analysis and Power Allocation
• Authors: Zhichao Dong, Xiaolin Zhou, Huang Peng, Wei Ni, Ekram Hossain, Xin Wang,
• Abstract summary: We address the multi-user quantum key distribution problem under malicious quantum attacks, which is critical for realizing a large-scale quantum Internet.<n>This paper maximizes the sum secret key rate (SKR) of a novel uplink non-orthogonal multiple access based continuous-variable QKD (NOMA-CVQKD) under collective attacks.<n>We derive closed-form bounds for the legitimate users' achievable key rates via the entropy power inequality and maximum entropy principle, as well as for the eavesdropper's intercepted information based on Holevo information.
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• Abstract: We address the multi-user quantum key distribution (QKD) problem under malicious quantum attacks, which is critical for realizing a large-scale quantum Internet. This paper maximizes the sum secret key rate (SKR) of a novel uplink non-orthogonal multiple access based continuous-variable QKD (NOMA-CVQKD) system under collective attacks. The proposed system uses Gaussian-modulated coherent states and a quantum successive interference cancellation based heterodyne receiver. We derive closed-form asymptotic bounds for the legitimate users' achievable key rates via the entropy power inequality and maximum entropy principle, as well as for the eavesdropper's intercepted information based on Holevo information. A successive convex approximation based power allocation algorithm is developed to maximize the asymptotic sum SKR of the NOMA-CVQKD system under collective attacks, with guaranteed convergence to a locally optimal Karush-Kuhn-Tucker solution. Simulation results show that the proposed NOMA-CVQKD system with the power allocation algorithm achieves up to 23% higher sum SKR than quantum-orthogonal multiple access, supports 16 users at excess noise variance 0.1, and remains robust under varying turbulence intensities and transmission distances.

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