Software Architecture for Operation and Use of Quantum Communications
Networks
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.20013v1
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:40:45 GMT
- Title: Software Architecture for Operation and Use of Quantum Communications
Networks
- Authors: Dinesh Verma, Eden Figueroa, Gabriella Carini, Mark Ritter
- Abstract summary: Quantum Communications Networks using qubits, such as state superposition, no-cloning and entanglement, can enable the exchange of information in a secure manner.
New innovations enable the use of optical repeaters as well as multi-cast communication in the networks.
Quantum networks need to be integrated into the ecosystem of currently deployed classical networks.
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- Abstract: Quantum Communications Networks using the properties of qubits, namely state
superposition, no-cloning and entanglement, can enable the exchange of
information in a very secure manner across optical links or free space. New
innovations enable the use of optical repeaters as well as multi-cast
communication in the networks. Some types of quantum communications mechanisms
can be implemented at room-temperature instead of requiring super-cooled
systems. This makes it likely that business impact from quantum communications
will be realized sooner than that from quantum computers.
Quantum networks need to be integrated into the ecosystem of currently
deployed classical networks and augment them with new capabilities. Classical
computers and networks need to be able to use the new secure communication
capabilities offered by quantum networks. To provide this interoperability,
appropriate software abstractions on the usage of quantum networks need to be
developed. In this paper, we examine what the type of software abstractions
quantum networks can provide, and the type of applications that the new
abstractions can support.
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