Work Programme - Work Item Detailed Report

	Work Item Reference	ETSI Doc. Number	STF	Technical Body in Charge	Standard Not Ready For Download
	RGS/QKD-004ed3_AppIntf	GS QKD 004		QKD
	Current Status (Click to View Full Schedule)	Latest Version	Cover Date	Standstill	Creation Date
	Stable draft (2026-05-23)	3.1.1 Draft		View Standstill Information	2023-05-06
	Rapporteur	Technical Officer		Harmonised Standard
	Juan Pedro Brito	Carmine Rizzo		No

Title	Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); Application Interface QKD Application Interface
Scope and Field of Application	This work item will review and update the existing GS QKD 004 V2.1.1 document. The specification of one transport protocol and data formats that can be used together to implement the API will be added. A sample implementation will be provided on the ETSI Forge.
Supporting Organizations	TELEFONICA S.A., ROHDE & SCHWARZ, Facultad de Informatica, HUAWEI TECH. GmbH, evolutionQ

Keywords

Projects

Clusters

Frequencies

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Directives

API
ARCHITECTURE
INTERWORKING
quantum cryptography
Quantum Key Distribution
SECURITY
use case

Security

Official Journal

Remarks

2026-05-23 britoj Draft contributed - V 3.1.1 contributed for Discussion in QKD(26)40006 as Stable draft

2026-05-23 britoj A new draft is uploaded - V 3.1.1 with status: Stable draft - with comment: Stable Draft with all the new discussed features. New reference implementation

2026-05-04 britoj Draft contributed - V 2.2.2 contributed for Discussion in QKD(26)000006 as Stable draft

2026-05-04 britoj A new draft is uploaded - V 2.2.2 with status: Stable draft - with comment: Draft May Version

2025-06-03 britoj Draft contributed - V 2.2.1 contributed for Discussion in QKD(25)000005 as Early draft

2024-08-07 britoj A new draft is uploaded - V 2.2.1 with status: Early draft - with comment: Starting formal document.

2023-06-27 guillemin WI TB adoption of WI date and Start of work date set to 6 June 2023

2023-06-27 Martin Ward TB adoption of WI QKD, see contribution QKD(23)034007r2

2023-06-06 WARDMART WI proposed to TB QKD, see contribution QKD(23)034007r2

2023-06-06 WARDMART WI proposed to TB QKD, see contribution QKD(23)034007r1

2023-05-06 MARTINV WI proposed to TB QKD, see contribution QKD(23)034007

Specific aspects
	Security/Privacy aspects