Designing a Satellite Serviced Quantum Network Backbone for Concurrent Global Connectivity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02164v1
• Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 02:46:00 GMT
• Title: Designing a Satellite Serviced Quantum Network Backbone for Concurrent Global Connectivity
• Abstract summary: We investigate the design of a satellite-serviced quantum backbone to support concurrent global connectivity.<n>Across a broad parameter sweep, we identify three dominant architectural effects.<n>Satellite altitude is the dominant physical lever shaping the visibility--loss trade-off.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Satellite-serviced quantum networks pose an architectural problem distinct from classical satellite networking: because entanglement cannot be copied, and long-lived buffering is technologically constrained for near-term devices, useful end-to-end service requires fixed optical ground infrastructure and simultaneous multi-hop path availability. We investigate the design of a satellite-serviced quantum backbone aimed at supporting concurrent global connectivity across a traffic matrix of major population and financial centers under finite waiting-time constraints. Using a discrete-time simulator, we evaluate performance using two architecture-level metrics: (i) time-to-connectivity, and (ii) latency-conditioned average active-link strength. Across a broad parameter sweep, we identify three dominant architectural effects. First, anisotropic ground-station lattices reduce time-to-connectivity relative to longitudinally collapsed and isotropic baselines by aligning ground infrastructure with latitude-dependent satellite access. Second, multi-inclination LEO constellations reduce waiting times for strong connectivity compared to single-inclination constellations at fixed satellite budgets by providing additional visibility for a diverse latitude set. Third, multi-party satellite service policies alleviate per-satellite concurrency bottlenecks and substantially reduce time-to-connectivity at stringent traffic-matrix thresholds. We further show that satellite altitude is the dominant physical lever shaping the visibility--loss trade-off, strongly affecting both connectivity latency and achievable link strength, while orbital plane count and satellite packing provide secondary refinements at fixed altitude. Together, these results delineate the architectural conditions required for scalable, concurrent entanglement connectivity in satellite-serviced quantum networks.

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