The invention relates to a solution for securing
data transmission when multiple
client applications (11-1n) in a network access at least one central service (3) provided by a
server (2) via an optical multiple access channel (MAC) (4). For this purpose, the
client applications (11-1n) are grouped into application groups, at least in pairs. Each
client application (11-1n) in an application group superimposes its optical
carrier signal, before modulating it with the data to be transmitted to the
server (2), with a photonic
signal of a
quantum state, forming a
quantum-classical
signal. This photonic
signal is entangled with at least one
quantum state whose photonic signal is used by another client application (11-1n) of the same application group to superimpose its
carrier signal used for
data transmission to the
server (2).In server (2), a quantum mechanical signal component is separated from the incoming, data-modulated quantum-classical signals. The separated quantum mechanical signal components of each application group are checked in server (2) by means of a quantum mechanical measurement to ensure that the entanglement of their quantum states persists, thus confirming the integrity of the transmitted data.