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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:Ignorant Post by X0563511 · · Score: 0, Troll

    At this point. Who knows what we may figure out in time?

    Look where we were 100 years ago. 200 years ago. 300. Do you get what I'm hinting at?

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