TY - GEN
T1 - Game-Theoretic Strategies for Quantum-Conventional Network Infrastructures
AU - Rao, Nageswara S.V.
AU - Ma, Chris Y.T.
AU - He, Fei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Society of Information Fusion.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Fundamentally and practically, quantum networks and conventional networks are inextricably tied, since the basic quantum protocols such as teleportation require both networks and the conventional network fiber is also used for the quantum network. A Recursive System of Systems (RSOS) model is developed for quantum-conventional (QC) networks by modeling the correlations at various levels based on the failure and attack modes of quantum, conventional and hybrid components and the propagative effects across QC boundaries. A game-theoretic formulation is developed to capture the cost-benefit trade-offs of the provider in defending against component attacks, using sum-form utility functions. By applying the Nash Equilibrium results, the conditions and sensitivity functions of the survival probabilities of a QC network at different levels are derived using the strong dependencies between quantum and conventional infrastructures. The results provide insights into the dependencies between conventional and quantum networks, including cross QC boundary effects in terms of disruption impact of conventional networks on quantum networks, and vice versa.
AB - Fundamentally and practically, quantum networks and conventional networks are inextricably tied, since the basic quantum protocols such as teleportation require both networks and the conventional network fiber is also used for the quantum network. A Recursive System of Systems (RSOS) model is developed for quantum-conventional (QC) networks by modeling the correlations at various levels based on the failure and attack modes of quantum, conventional and hybrid components and the propagative effects across QC boundaries. A game-theoretic formulation is developed to capture the cost-benefit trade-offs of the provider in defending against component attacks, using sum-form utility functions. By applying the Nash Equilibrium results, the conditions and sensitivity functions of the survival probabilities of a QC network at different levels are derived using the strong dependencies between quantum and conventional infrastructures. The results provide insights into the dependencies between conventional and quantum networks, including cross QC boundary effects in terms of disruption impact of conventional networks on quantum networks, and vice versa.
KW - game theory
KW - quantum conventional correlations
KW - quantum conventional networks
KW - recursive system of systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171597061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/FUSION52260.2023.10224122
DO - 10.23919/FUSION52260.2023.10224122
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85171597061
T3 - 2023 26th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2023
BT - 2023 26th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 26th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2023
Y2 - 27 June 2023 through 30 June 2023
ER -