Tunable Asymmetric Delay Attack in Quantum Clock Synchronization

Quantum Physics arXiv:2510.21101 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 24 Oct 2025] Title:Tunable Asymmetric Delay Attack in Quantum Clock Synchronization Authors:Hui Han, Haotian Teng, Hailong Xu, Jinquan Huang, Yuanmei Xie, Yichen Zhang, Bo Liu, Wanrong Yu, Baokang Zhao, Shuhui Chen View a PDF of the paper titled Tunable Asymmetric Delay Attack in Quantum Clock Synchronization, by Hui Han and 9 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Quantum clock synchronization underpins modern secure communications and critical infrastructure, yet its fundamental dependence on channel reciprocity introduces an exploitable vulnerability to asymmetric delay attacks. Current attack strategies rely on static delays, limiting their ability to target application-specific stability requirements. Here, we propose a tunable asymmetric delay attack (T-ADA) that dynamically controls delay parameters to induce manipulate synchronization accuracy. Through experimental implementation, we demonstrate how tailored attack trajectories can selectively compromise system stability across different scenarios. This work uncovers key vulnerabilities in synchronization protocols under customizable attacks and provide a foundation for developing secure and resilient quantum clock synchronization systems. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2510.21101 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2510.21101v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.21101 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Bo Liu [view email] [v1] Fri, 24 Oct 2025 02:30:01 UTC (966 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Tunable Asymmetric Delay Attack in Quantum Clock Synchronization, by Hui Han and 9 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2025-10 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)