MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511104152 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Oct. 29, 2025, for 'a quantum-enhanced iot gateway router with hardware-enforced firewall and vpn security.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Monika Jyotiyana.
The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a Quantum-Enhanced IoT Gateway Router that provides quantum-grade security for communication across home, enterprise, and industrial IoT networks. The system comprises a Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) for generating high-entropy cryptographic keys and optionally integrates Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for hybrid quantum-classical key management. Acting as a trust anchor, the gateway securely derives, wraps, and distributes session keys to IoT devices utilizing secure elements or trusted execution environments (TEE) for key unwrapping and storage. The gateway further comprises a hardware-based firewall for intrusion prevention and quantum-seeded VPN tunnels to establish end-to-end encrypted communication between IoT nodes and the cloud. Additional security measures include secure boot, firmware integrity verification, and remote attestation to prevent tampering and supply-chain attacks. By combining quantum entropy sources, post-quantum cryptography, and hardware-enforced trust, the invention ensures robust confidentiality, integrity, and resilience against emerging quantum and classical cyber threats."
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