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Quantum networks are expected to become a key enabler for interconnecting quantum devices. In contrast to classical communication networks, however, information transfer in quantum networks is usually restricted to short distances due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Tobias Meuser , Jannis Weil , Aninda Lahiri , Marius Paraschiv

Many quantum-network applications require end-to-end Bell pairs whose fidelity exceeds a request-specific threshold, but existing entanglement routing algorithms either optimize only throughput without regard for fidelity or enforce…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Anthony Gatti , Anoosha Fayyaz , Prashant Krishnamurthy , Kaushik P. Seshadreesan , Amy Babay

Quantum routers (QRouters) are essential components of bucket-brigade quantum random access memory (QRAM), enabling quantum applications such as Grover's search and quantum machine learning. Despite significant theoretical advances,…

We investigate congestion-aware control of quantum repeater nodes operating under stochastic traffic and finite memory coherence. Entanglement generation is modeled as a probabilistic process producing Werner states subject to depolarizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Nicolò Lo Piparo , William J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

We introduce a distributed resource allocation framework for the Quantum Internet that relies on feedback-based, fully decentralized coordination to serve multiple co-existing applications. We develop quantum network control algorithms…

Entanglement routing in near-term quantum networks consists of choosing the optimal sequence of short-range entanglements to combine through swapping operations to establish end-to-end entanglement between two distant nodes. Similar to…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-08-05 Amar Abane , Michael Cubeddu , Van Sy Mai , Abdella Battou

Conventional quantum routing operates under the entrenched assumption that pathfinding is a prerequisite for routing. This classical-inspired routing model imposes a restricting design option, which prevents scaling the quantumness to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Si-Yi Chen , Angela Sara Cacciapuoti , Marcello Caleffi

A quantum network distributes quantum entanglements between remote nodes, and is key to many applications in secure communication, quantum sensing and distributed quantum computing. This paper explores the fundamental trade-off between the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Huayue Gu , Zhouyu Li , Ruozhou Yu , Xiaojian Wang , Fangtong Zhou , Jianqing Liu , Guoliang Xue

In this work we introduce the DODAG-X protocol for multipartite entanglement distribution in quantum networks. Leveraging the power of Destination Oriented Directed Acyclic Graphs (DODAGs), our protocol optimizes resource consumption and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-11 Roberto Negrin , Nicolas Dirnegger , William Munizzi , Jugal Talukdar , Prineha Narang

Coordination in distributed systems is often hampered by communication latency, which degrades performance. Quantum entanglement offers fundamentally stronger correlations than classically achievable without communication. Crucially, these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Francisco Ferreira da Silva , Stephanie Wehner

Quantum networks (QNs) distribute entangled states to enable distributed quantum computing and sensing applications. However, in such QNs, quantum switches (QSs) have limited resources that are highly sensitive to noise and losses and must…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-16 Mahdi Chehimi , Kenneth Goodenough , Walid Saad , Don Towsley , Tony X. Zhou

An intelligent radar resource management is an essential building block of any modern radar system. The quality of service based resource allocation model (Q-RAM) provides a framework for profound and quantifiable decision-making but lacks…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-06 Tobias Müller , Sebastian Durst , Pascal Marquardt , Stefan Brüggenwirth

The research of architecture has tremendous significance in realizing quantum Internet. Although there is not yet a standard quantum Internet architecture, the distributed architecture is one of the possible solutions, which utilizes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Binjie He , Dong Zhang , Seng W. Loke , Shengrui Lin , Luke Lu

This work introduces a compact framework for analyzing asynchronous entanglement distribution protocols under realistic error models. We focus on two contemporary protocols: sequential, where entanglement is established one node at a time,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Emma Hughes , William Munizzi , Prineha Narang

The entanglement distribution networks with various topologies are mainly implemented by active wavelength multiplexing routing strategies. However, designing an entanglement routing scheme, which achieves the maximized network connections…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 Hui Han , Bo Liu , Bangying Tang , Siyu Xiong , Jinquan Huang , Wanrong Yu , Shuhui Chen

Quantum networks enable a number of important applications such as quantum key distribution. The basic function of a quantum network is to enable long-distance quantum entanglement between two remote communication parties. This work focuses…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-10-28 Shouqian Shi , Chen Qian

In entanglement distribution networks, communication between two nodes necessitates the generation of end-to-end entanglement by entanglement swapping at intermediate nodes. Efficiently creating end-to-end entanglements over long distances…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Zebo Yang , Ali Ghubaish , Raj Jain , Ramana Kompella , Hassan Shapourian

Future quantum networks will enable the interconnection of multiple users distributed across vast geographic distances. Due to these large separations and limited physical resources, communication will often rely on multi-path routing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Nicolò Lo Piparo , William J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

In this paper, we consider quantum key distribution (QKD) in a quantum network with both quantum repeaters and a small number of trusted nodes. In contrast to current QKD networks with only trusted nodes and the true Quantum Internet with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 Omar Amer , Walter O. Krawec , Victoria U. Manfredi , Bing Wang

Future quantum technologies such as quantum communication, quantum sensing, and distributed quantum computation, will rely on networks of shared entanglement between spatially separated nodes. In this work, we provide improved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-02 Stav Haldar , Pratik J. Barge , Sumeet Khatri , Hwang Lee