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The Viterbi Algorithm and Quantum Communications

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sneaky-states dept.

eldavojohn writes "There have been a lot of tests in using quantum mechanics to communicate across large distances. But a student & a professor at USC have proven that the Viterbi algorithm can be applied to quantum communication. In the traditional Alice sends Bob a message scenario, 'Bob can reliably spot errors, and knows which message qubits are bogus before he opens the message — crucial, because opening it destroys it; and if it is garbled, he has nothing.'"

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    1. Re:ugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No you're confused. That's just the best of the latest AI research.

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