Indiana § 6-2.5-15-13.2 "Quantum safe fiber network"

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§ 6-2.5-15-13.2 — "Quantum safe fiber network"

Indiana § 6-2.5-15-13.2

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Effective 1-1-2026. Revisor's Note: The effective date of IC 6-2.5-15-13.2 was changed to 1-1-2026 by P.L.213-2025, SEC.337. Sec. 13.2. As used in this chapter, "quantum safe fiber network" means a fiber network that includes each of the following attributes:

(1)A deployed fiber infrastructure comprised of:

(A)standard single mode optical fibers (G.652.D) that are compliant with the federal Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-39, 93 Stat. 144, as amended);

(B)flexgrid reconfigurable photonic layer; and

(C)only coherent optical transponders with FIPS 140-3 certified L1 encryption (OTNsec) with support for external key from quantum key distribution servers that are compliant with the federal Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-39, 93 Stat. 144, as amended); on electronics

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Effective 1-1-2026.
Revisor's Note: The effective date of IC 6-2.5-15-13.2 was changed
to 1-1-2026 by P.L.213-2025, SEC.337.
Sec. 13.2. As used in this chapter, "quantum safe
fiber network" means a fiber network that includes each of the
following attributes:
(1) A deployed fiber infrastructure comprised of:
(A) standard single mode optical fibers (G.652.D) that are
compliant with the federal Trade Agreements Act of 1979
(Public Law 96-39, 93 Stat. 144, as amended);
(B) flexgrid reconfigurable photonic layer; and
(C) only coherent optical transponders with FIPS 140-3
certified L1 encryption (OTNsec) with support for external key
from quantum key distribution servers that are compliant with
the federal Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-39,
93 Stat. 144, as amended);
on electronics and glass.
(2) A fiber infrastructure that is connected to:
(A) a military installation of the United States of America;
(B) the Indiana National Guard;
(C) another military outlet or I-Light; or
(D) an institution of higher learning conducting quantum
computing research or advanced computing research.
(3) A network engineered with physical intermediate access
points (nodes) not more than sixty (60) miles apart.
(4) A network with physical intermediate access points (nodes)
equipped with physical access control and remote monitoring.
(5) A network with quantum key distribution (QKD) servers
deployed on every fiber span.
(6) A network that is not used for residential broadband and
limited in use to less fifteen percent (15%) for commercial
broadband (ISP) applications.
(7) A network that complies with the federal Trade Agreements
Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-39, 93 Stat. 144) as amended.