Lessons Learned on the Interface Between Quantum and Conventional Networking

Alshowkan, Muneer; Rao, Nageswara; Chapman, Joseph; Williams, Brian; Evans, Phil; Pooser, Raphael; Lukens, Joseph; Peters, Nicholas

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96498-6_15

Lessons Learned on the Interface Between Quantum and Conventional Networking

Conference · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96498-6_15· OSTI ID:1855682

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The future Quantum Internet is expected to be based on a hybrid architecture with core quantum transport capabilities complemented by conventional networking. Practical and foundational considerations indicate the need for conventional control and data planes that (i) utilize extensive existing telecommunications fiber infrastructure, and (ii) provide parallel conventional data channels needed for quantum networking protocols. We propose a quantum-conventional network (QCN) harness to implement a new architecture to meet these requirements. The QCN control plane carries the control and management traffic, whereas its data plane handles the conventional and quantum data communications. We established a local area QCN connecting three quantum laboratories over dedicated fiber and conventional network connections. We describe considerations and tradeoffs for layering QCN functionalities, informed by our recent quantum entanglement distribution experiments conducted over this network.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (SC-21)

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1855682

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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