TY - CHAP
T1 - Quantum Communication Networks
T2 - Design and Simulation
AU - Bassoli, Riccardo
AU - Boche, Holger
AU - Deppe, Christian
AU - Ferrara, Roberto
AU - Fitzek, Frank H.P.
AU - Janssen, Gisbert
AU - Saeedinaeeni, Sajad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - After having described specific areas of research of applied quantum mechanics such as quantum information theory, quantum error correction, and quantum computing, this chapter leverages those results and contextualizes them in the wider perspective of quantum communication networks. Such networks require the deployment of the so-called quantum repeaters, consisting of quantum and classical hardware performing quantum distillation and storage. Next, the role and characteristics of entanglement generation and distribution are explained, with a specific description of entanglement swapping and quantum network coding. The discussion on quantum communication networks ends with an illustration of quantum multiple-access channel theory and its relation to quantum game theory. Finally, the exposition deals with the problem of simulation and evaluation of quantum communication networks via simulators based on classical hardware and software. Moreover, the chapter lists the main simulators currently available, their characteristics, and their pros and cons.
AB - After having described specific areas of research of applied quantum mechanics such as quantum information theory, quantum error correction, and quantum computing, this chapter leverages those results and contextualizes them in the wider perspective of quantum communication networks. Such networks require the deployment of the so-called quantum repeaters, consisting of quantum and classical hardware performing quantum distillation and storage. Next, the role and characteristics of entanglement generation and distribution are explained, with a specific description of entanglement swapping and quantum network coding. The discussion on quantum communication networks ends with an illustration of quantum multiple-access channel theory and its relation to quantum game theory. Finally, the exposition deals with the problem of simulation and evaluation of quantum communication networks via simulators based on classical hardware and software. Moreover, the chapter lists the main simulators currently available, their characteristics, and their pros and cons.
KW - CHSH game
KW - Entanglement swapping
KW - Quantum memory
KW - Quantum purification
KW - Quantum repeaters
KW - Simulation of QCN
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-62938-0_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-62938-0_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85101161601
T3 - Foundations in Signal Processing, Communications and Networking
SP - 187
EP - 209
BT - Foundations in Signal Processing, Communications and Networking
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -