A Dynamic-Kernel/QPacket Executable for Quantum Repeater Chains in Q2NS/ns-3

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24152v2
• Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:35:51 GMT
• Title: A Dynamic-Kernel/QPacket Executable for Quantum Repeater Chains in Q2NS/ns-3
• Abstract summary: We present a first executable specialization of the Dynamic Kernel/QPacket logic from the beyond-layering protocol suite.<n>The implementation builds on Q2NS, an ns-3-based quantum-network simulation module available through the ns-3 App Store.
• Score: 4.376469285036708
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The Quantum Internet operates on entanglement, a non-local, non-copyable, stateful network resource, which motivates protocol organization beyond classical layering. We present a first executable specialization of the Dynamic Kernel/QPacket logic from the beyond-layering protocol suite, targeting entanglement distribution over a linear quantum repeater chain. The implementation builds on Q2NS, an ns-3-based quantum-network simulation module available through the ns-3 App Store. It realizes QPacket meta-headers with service intent and append-only action-commit stamps processed by node-local Dynamic Kernels organized as a Planner--Executor--Engine pipeline, while being deliberately scoped to an analytically verifiable service and policy. Within this scoped setting, we study node heterogeneity through a link-preparation policy that accounts for pre-distributed entanglement and uneven entanglement-generation support across nodes, including delegation via QPacket forwarding. Simulations verify analytical link-resolvability models and expose signaling load, forwarding behavior, and QPacket meta-header growth. Results show that QPacket overhead is shaped by more than just encoding, including policy choices and available network resources. Overall, this study demonstrates how the Q2NS/ns-3 substrate can support reproducible, policy-specific evaluation of quantum-native protocol-suite concepts.

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