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QuNetSim: A Software Framework for Quantum Networks

Quantum Physics 2022-09-13 v5 Networking and Internet Architecture

Abstract

As quantum internet technologies develop, the need for simulation software and education for quantum internet rises. QuNetSim aims to fill this need. QuNetSim is a Python software framework that can be used to simulate quantum networks up to the network layer. The goal of QuNetSim is to make it easier to investigate and test quantum networking protocols over various quantum network configurations and parameters. The framework incorporates many known quantum network protocols so that users can quickly build simulations and beginners can easily learn to implement their own quantum networking protocols.

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@article{arxiv.2003.06397,
  title  = {QuNetSim: A Software Framework for Quantum Networks},
  author = {Stephen DiAdamo and Janis Nötzel and Benjamin Zanger and Mehmet Mert Beşe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06397},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

11 pages, 6 figures. To appear in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

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