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@article{chen2025asynchronous,
  author={Chen, Yuxin and Li, Jian and Li, Zhonghui and Xue, Kaiping and Yu, Nenghai and Sun, Qibin and Lu, Jun},
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@article{zheng2025integration,
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@inproceedings{yang2025swappingboost,
  author={Yang, Bing and Li, Zhonghui and Xue, Kaiping and Chen, Lutong and Sun, Qibin and Lu, Jun},
  booktitle={2025 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC)},
  title={SwappingBoost: Optimizing Entanglement Routing by Mitigating Bottlenecks in Quantum Networks},
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@article{gao2025ipseq,
  title={IPSeQ: A Security-Enhanced IPSec Protocol Integrated with Quantum Key Distribution},
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@article{li2025integration,
  title={Integration of Quantum Key Distribution Networks and Classical Networks: An Evolution Perspective},
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@inproceedings{yang2025ondemand,
  title={An On-demand Routing Scheme with QoS Provisioning for QKD Networks},
  author={Yang, Yuqi and Li, Zhonghui and Li, Jian and Heng, Shaochuang and Chen, Lutong and Sun, Qibin and Lu, Jun},
  booktitle={2025 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC)},
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  year={2025},
  organization={IEEE},
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@article{li2025decentralized,
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@article{wang2024fair,
  title={Fair-EAS: Entanglement Allocation and Selection for Process-Oriented Fairness in Quantum Communication Networks},
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@article{li2024drm,
  title={DRM-ETP: A Dynamic Rate Matching-Based Entanglement Transport Protocol in Quantum Networks},
  author={Li, Jian and Wang, Zhaoying and Xue, Kaiping and Li, Zhonghui and Li, Ruidong and Yu, Nenghai and Sun, Qibin and Lu, Jun},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Networking},
  year={2024},
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@article{li2024narrowgap,
  title={NarrowGap: Reducing Bottlenecks for End-to-End Entanglement Distribution in Quantum Networks},
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  journal={IEEE Transactions on Networking},
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  number={1},
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  year={2024},
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@article{xiao2024purification,
  title={Purification Scheduling Control for Throughput Maximization in Quantum Networks},
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@article{chen2024qcskdf,
  title={Q-CSKDF: A Continuous and Security Key Derivation Function for Quantum Key Distribution},
  author={Chen, Lutong and Xue, Kaiping and Li, Jian and Li, Zhonghui and Yu, Nenghai},
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  year={2024},
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  number={5},
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@inproceedings{wu2024distributed,
  title={A Distributed Routing Protocol Based on Key Reservation in Quantum Key Distribution Networks},
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@inproceedings{wang2024efficient,
  title={Efficient Routing Design Based on Entanglement Flow Loss Effect in Quantum Networks},
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  booktitle={2024 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC)},
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@article{chen2023redp,
  title={REDP: Reliable Entanglement Distribution Protocol Design for Large-scale Quantum Networks},
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@inproceedings{chen2024security,
  title={Security-enhanced WireGuard protocol design using quantum key distribution},
  author={Chen, Lutong and Xue, Kaiping and Li, Jian and Li, Zhonghui and Yu, Nenghai},
  booktitle={Proceedings of 2024 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)},
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@article{xiao2023connectionless,
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@article{wang2023efficient,
  title={An efficient scheduling scheme of swapping and purification operations for end-to-end entanglement distribution in quantum networks},
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@article{li2023efficient,
  title={Efficient Remote Entanglement Distribution in Quantum Networks: A Segment-Based Method},
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@article{li2023entanglement,
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@article{chen2023qddca,
  title={Q-DDCA: Decentralized dynamic congestion avoid routing in large-scale quantum networks},
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@article{li2023swapping,
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@article{wang2023segment,
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@article{chen2023simqn,
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@article{wang2022asynchronous,
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@article{chen2022heuristic,
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@article{li2022fidelity,
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@article{lijian2022connection,
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@article{li2022cluster,
  title={A cluster-based networking approach for large-scale and wide-area quantum key agreement},
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  volume={21},
  number={192},
  year={2022},
  publisher={Springer},
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@article{li2022connection,
  title={Connection-oriented and connectionless remote entanglement distribution strategies in quantum networks},
  author={Li, Zhonghui and Xue, Kaiping and Li, Jian and Yu, Nenghai and Wei, David SL and Li, Ruidong},
  journal={IEEE Network},
  volume={36},
  number={6},
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@article{li2021building,
  title={Building a large-scale and wide-area quantum internet based on an OSI-alike model},
  author={Li, Zhonghui and Xue, Kaiping and Li, Jian and Yu, Nenghai and Liu, Jianqing and Wei, David SL and Sun, Qibin and Lu, Jun},
  journal={China Communications},
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  number={10},
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  publisher={IEEE},
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@article{jia2021improved,
  title={An improved QKD protocol without public announcement basis using periodically derived basis},
  author={Jia, Qidong and Xue, Kaiping and Li, Zhonghui and Zheng, Mengce and Wei, David SL and Yu, Nenghai},
  journal={Quantum Information Processing},
  volume={20},
  number={69},
  year={2021},
  publisher={Springer},
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