Tools for quantum network design

2020/12/31 by Koji Azuma, Stefan Bäuml, Tim Coopmans +2
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Distributed computing #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum entanglement #Quantum information #Quantum information science #Quantum network #Scale (ratio) #Space (punctuation) #Theoretical computer science #cs.IT #cs.NI #math.IT #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1116/5.0024062

31 pages, 6 figures. Minor corrections

arxiv created 2021/01/28 · openalex publication_date 2021/02/08 · arxiv updated 2021/02/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Quantum networks will enable the implementation of communication tasks with qualitative advantages with respect to the communication networks known today. While it is expected that the first demonstrations of small scale quantum networks will take place in the near term, many challenges remain to scale them. To compare different solutions, optimize over parameter space, and inform experiments, it is necessary to evaluate the performance of concrete quantum network scenarios. Here, the authors review the state-of-the-art of tools for evaluating the performance of quantum networks. The authors present them from three different angles: information-theoretic benchmarks, analytical tools, and simulation.

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