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      <title>A Framework for SRv6-Based Trusted Key Relay in Quantum Key Distribution Networks</title>
      <author initials="" surname="Chenxinyu" fullname="Chenxinyu">
         <organization>China Mobile</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="L." surname="Han" fullname="Liuyan Han">
         <organization>China Mobile</organization>
      </author>
      <author initials="L." surname="Dai" fullname="Longfei Dai">
         <organization>Huawei Technologies</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="July" day="6" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) links generate symmetric key material
   between directly connected QKD nodes.  Trusted relay is commonly used
   to extend key delivery beyond the reach of a single QKD link.  A
   complete trusted-relay service requires the network to collect QKD
   link capacity and node trust information, compute a relay path
   according to service requirements, translate the result into an SRv6
   path, and carry the relayed key information in an IPv6/UDP packet
   steered by that SRv6 path.

   This document describes an architectural framework for such a
   service.  Each QKD link provides its available quantum key rate
   capacity, and each relay node provides a trust level.  A controller
   uses these inputs together with application requirements to calculate
   a relay path.  The path-computation algorithm is not standardized and
   may be selected or defined by the user, operator, or implementation.
   The calculated relay sequence is represented as an SRv6 path, and UDP
   packets following that path carry the key-relay information.

   This document identifies the protocol extension points needed to
   support the framework.  The detailed encodings, message formats, SRv6
   behaviors, TLVs, and signaling procedures are left for future work
   and are marked as TBD.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-chen-qirg-srv6-qkd-relay-framework-00" />
   
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