Hybrid Classical--Quantum Optimization of Wireless Routing Using QAOA and Quantum Walks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01250v1
• Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:48:57 GMT
• Title: Hybrid Classical--Quantum Optimization of Wireless Routing Using QAOA and Quantum Walks
• Abstract summary: This paper investigates the use of hybrid classical--quantum methods for wireless routing.<n>The potential value of quantum routing lies in the treatment of difficult subproblems rather than end-to-end replacement of classical routing.
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• Abstract: Routing in wireless communication networks is shaped by mobility, interference, congestion, and competing service requirements, making route selection a high-dimensional constrained optimization problem rather than a simple shortest-path task. This paper investigates the use of hybrid classical--quantum methods for wireless routing, focusing on the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) and quantum walks as candidate mechanisms for exploring complex routing spaces. The paper examines how wireless routing can be expressed as a constrained graph optimization problem in which routing objectives, flow constraints, connectivity requirements, and interference effects are mapped into quantum-compatible Hamiltonian representations. It then discusses how these approaches can be integrated into a hybrid architecture in which classical systems perform network monitoring, graph construction, pre-processing, and deployment, while quantum subroutines are used for selected optimization components. The analysis shows that the potential value of quantum routing lies primarily in the treatment of difficult combinatorial subproblems rather than end-to-end replacement of classical routing frameworks. The paper also highlights practical limitations arising from state preparation, constraint encoding, oracle construction, hardware noise, limited qubit resources, and hybrid execution overhead. It is argued that any meaningful near-term advantage will depend on careful problem decomposition, compact encoding, and tight classical--quantum integration.

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