Lessons Learned on the Interface between Quantum and Conventional Networking

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.02341v1
• Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 16:44:29 GMT
• Title: Lessons Learned on the Interface between Quantum and Conventional Networking
• Authors: Muneer Alshowkan, Nageswara S. V. Rao, Joseph C. Chapman, Brian P. Williams, Philip G. Evans, Raphael C. Pooser, Joseph M. Lukens, and Nicholas A. Peters
• Abstract summary: Quantum Internet is expected to be based on a hybrid architecture with core quantum transport capabilities complemented by conventional networking. We propose a quantum-conventional network (QCN) harness to implement a new architecture to meet these requirements.
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• Abstract: The future Quantum Internet is expected to be based on a hybrid architecture with core quantum transport capabilities complemented by conventional networking.Practical and foundational considerations indicate the need for conventional control and data planes that (i) utilize extensive existing telecommunications fiber infrastructure, and (ii) provide parallel conventional data channels needed for quantum networking protocols. We propose a quantum-conventional network (QCN) harness to implement a new architecture to meet these requirements. The QCN control plane carries the control and management traffic, whereas its data plane handles the conventional and quantum data communications. We established a local area QCN connecting three quantum laboratories over dedicated fiber and conventional network connections. We describe considerations and tradeoffs for layering QCN functionalities, informed by our recent quantum entanglement distribution experiments conducted over this network.

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