<s>
Secure	B-General_Concept
Communication	I-General_Concept
based	I-General_Concept
on	I-General_Concept
Quantum	I-General_Concept
Cryptography	I-General_Concept
(	O
SECOQC	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
project	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
develop	O
quantum	O
cryptography	O
(	O
see	O
there	O
for	O
further	O
details	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
Union	O
decided	O
in	O
2004	O
to	O
invest	O
11	O
million	O
EUR	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
circumventing	O
espionage	O
attempts	O
by	O
ECHELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christian	O
Monyk	O
,	O
the	O
coordinator	O
of	O
SECOQC	B-General_Concept
,	O
said	O
people	O
and	O
organizations	O
in	O
Austria	O
,	O
Belgium	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
,	O
Denmark	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
and	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
would	O
participate	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
SECOQC	B-General_Concept
was	O
launched	O
in	O
Vienna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
overcome	O
these	O
issues	O
,	O
SECOQC	B-General_Concept
was	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SECOQC	B-General_Concept
network	O
architecture	O
can	O
be	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
parts	O
:	O
trusted	O
private	O
networks	O
and	O
quantum	O
networks	O
connected	O
via	O
QBBs	O
(	O
quantum	O
backbones	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
,	O
SECOQC	B-General_Concept
can	O
provide	O
easier	O
registration	O
of	O
new	O
end-nodes	O
in	O
a	O
QKD	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
quick	O
recovery	O
from	O
threats	O
on	O
quantum	O
channel	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
