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==Outline== | ==Outline== | ||
A DIQKD protocol is composed by the following steps: | A DIQKD protocol is composed by the following steps: | ||
* The first phase of the protocol is | * The first phase of the protocol is the distribution. For each round of this phase: | ||
** Alice uses the source to prepare a maximally entangled state and send half of the state to Bob. | ** Alice uses the source to prepare a maximally entangled state and send half of the state to Bob. | ||
** Upon receiving the state, Bob announces that he received it, and they both use their respective devices to measure the quantum systems. They record their output in a string of bits. | ** Upon receiving the state, Bob announces that he received it, and they both use their respective devices to measure the quantum systems. They record their output in a string of bits. |