| Acronym: PTQCI |
| Main Objective: Portugal being one of the member states supporting EQCI, is grouping in PTQCI its national key stakeholders (implementing entity National Security Authority, telecom service providers, industry and academia) towards the early deployment of an advanced quantum network supporting national quantum communication initiatives and their integration with existing communication networks, in what will be the Portuguese (PT) initial segment (land and space) of EQCI, plus its connection with Spain. PTQCI is supported by PT Armed Forces, Spanish EQCI, PTSPACE, Austrian partners. PTQCI is part of a roadmap for deploying national secure communication infrastructures and technology provision, and builds on previous milestones achieved, and currently in implementation by the core team on the past few years: advanced theoretical and practical experiments with quantum key distribution (QKD) and cryptographic protocols leading to successful demonstration of a quantum secure link between two PT military sites using exclusively national technology (QSCRIPT, 2021); PT leadership of a major project under EDIDP and supported by MoD and industry from Spain, Italy and Austria aiming at integrating and combining Software Defined Networks (SDN) and QKD technologies on top of legacy optical networks to build a highly secure, scalable and resilient network control architecture for advanced operational services and develop national cipher machines (DISCRETION 2021); the implementation of NATO Cyber Academy Hub in Lisbon to which the activities of DISCRETION are connected, and the participation of Portugal in the Space component of EQCI through PTSPACE. PTQCI will follow and build on DISCRETION, deploying a resilient network into the existing fiber optics infrastructures in Portugal connecting different public bodies in Lisbon metropolitan area, as well as a testbed network involving academic and private stakeholders, it will prepare the expansion plan of the network to farther locations in Portugal (main land and islands), including the assessment of the ground to space segment infrastructures. Furthermore, it will be designed from the start with a strong engagement with Spanish EQCI counterparts, building on joint knowledge to achieve full EQCI interoperability at Iberian scale. |
| Reference: DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01 |
| Funding: EU |
| Start Date: 01-01-2023 |
| End Date: 30-06-2025 |
| Team: Armando Humberto Moreira Nolasco Pinto, Paulo Sergio de Brito Andre, Nuno Alexandre Peixoto Silva, Nelson de Jesus Cordeiro Muga, Gustavo Miranda Castilho dos Anjos, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Fernandes, Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro |
| Groups: Optical Quantum Communications – Av, Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies - Lx |
| Partners: DEIMOS DEIMOS ENGENHARIA, ALTICE LABS, ADYTA, IP TELECOM, GNS GABINETE NACIONAL DE SEGURANCA, ISEL INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA, WARPCOM, OMNIDEA, FCT FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA, IPQ INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DA QUALIDADE, IST INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO |
| Local Coordinator: Armando Humberto Moreira Nolasco Pinto |
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