From Classical to Quantum Channels: Achieving Positive Covert Rates

arXiv:2609.36162 · quant-ph, cs.IT, math.IT · Submitted 2026-09-28 · Read on arXiv

quant-ph, cs.IT, math.IT

Submitted: 2026-09-28

Updated: 2026-09-28

Comments: 44 pages, 9 figures, single column, part of the results will be presented at the 2026 IEEE Information Theory Workshop

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Trace — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hilbert Space — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace Distance — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Entanglement — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Additive White Gaussian Noise — 1× in this paper
• Binary Symmetric Channel — 1× in this paper
• Quantization — 1× in this paper · explained in 12 episodes

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