00913nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001900043700001900062700002200081245007400103856004600177300000800223490000700231520051700238       2018                            d1 aDariusz Kurzyk1 aŁukasz Pawela1 aZbigniew Puchała00aUnconditional Security of a K-State Quantum Key Distribution Protocol  uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-018-1998-3  a2280 v173 a<p>Quantum key distribution protocols constitute an important part of quantum cryptography, where the security of sensitive information arises from the laws of physics. In this paper we introduce a new family of key distribution protocols and we compare its key with the well-known protocols such as BB84, PBC0 and generation rate to the well-known protocols such as BB84, PBC0 and R04. We also state the security analysis of these protocols based on the entanglement distillation and CSS codes techniques.</p>