A Web-based Software Development Kit for Quantum Network Simulation
Quantum network simulation is an essential step towards developing applications for quantum networks and determining minimal requirements for the network hardware. As it is with classical networking, a simulation ecosystem allows for application development, standardization, and overall community bu...
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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10.08.2024
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Summary: | Quantum network simulation is an essential step towards developing
applications for quantum networks and determining minimal requirements for the
network hardware. As it is with classical networking, a simulation ecosystem
allows for application development, standardization, and overall community
building. Currently, there is limited traction towards building a quantum
networking community-there are limited open-source platforms, challenging
frameworks with steep learning curves, and strong requirements of software
engineering skills. Our Quantum Network Development Kit (QNDK) project aims to
solve these issues. It includes a graphical user interface to easily develop
and run quantum network simulations with very little code. It integrates
various quantum network simulation engines and provides a single interface to
them, allowing users to use the features from any of them. Further, it deploys
simulation execution in a cloud environment, offloading strong computing
requirements to a high-performance computing system. In this paper, we detail
the core features of the QNDK and outline the development roadmap to enabling
virtual quantum testbeds. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2408.05588 |