arXiv · 2507.18259
Data Transmission over a Bosonic Arbitrarily Varying Quantum Channel
Abstract
Arbitrarily varying channels offer a powerful framework for analyzing the robustness of quantum communication systems, especially for classical-quantum models, where the analysis displays strengths or weaknesses of specific signal constellations under generic attacks. In this work, we provide a coding theorem for a large class of practically relevant arbitrarily varying channel models. Namely, we give an explicit capacity formula for the lossy bosonic channel subject to semi-classical attacks, where an adversary injects semi-classical states into the transmission line. Mathematically, this is modeled via a beam-splitter setup, with transmitter and jammer controlling different input ports and the receiver observing one output port. We show how a recently conjectured new quantum entropy power inequality relates to our capacity formula.
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Janis Nötzel, Florian Seitz. 2025-07-24. Data Transmission over a Bosonic Arbitrarily Varying Quantum Channel. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18259
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