Quantum Internet: Networking Challenges in Distributed Quantum Computing

10/19/2018
by   Angela Sara Cacciapuoti, et al.
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By networking multiple quantum devices, the Quantum Internet builds up a virtual quantum machine able to provide an exponential scale-up of the quantum computing power. Hence, the Quantum Internet is envisioned as a way to open a new distributed computing era. But the Quantum Internet is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. Phenomena with no counterpart in classical networks, such as no-cloning, quantum measurement, entanglement and teleporting, impose very challenging constraints for the network design. Specifically, classical network functionalities, ranging from error-control mechanisms to overhead-control strategies, are based on the assumption that classical information can be safely read and copied. But this assumption does not hold in the Quantum Internet. As a consequence, the design of the Quantum Internet requires a major network-paradigm shift to harness the quantum mechanics specificities. The goal of this work is to shed light on the challenges and the open problems of the Quantum Internet design. To this aim, we first introduce some basic knowledge of quantum mechanics, needed to understand the differences between a classical and a quantum network. Then, we introduce quantum teleportation as the key strategy for transmitting quantum information without physically transferring the particle that stores the quantum information or violating the principles of quantum mechanics. Finally, we describe the key research challenges to design quantum communication networks.

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