The proposal of Technical University of Munich has been successful within the DFG Grossgeräteinitiative "Quantum Communication Development Environment (QCDE)". Coordinated by Prof. Kai Müller, the LKN is part of an testbed setup for experiments on the application of quantum communication technologies towards quantum communication protocols.
https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/2021/info_wissenschaft_21_111/index.html