@inproceedings{26958f7ecbbf4369b2024bca407a943f,
title = "Capacity Requirements in Networks of Quantum Repeaters and Terminals",
abstract = "We consider the problem of path congestion avoidance in networks of quantum repeaters and terminals. In other words, the avoidance of situations when demands exceed capacity. We assume networks in which the sets of complete paths between terminals may affect the capacity of repeaters in the network. We compare the reduction of congestion avoidance of two representative path establishment algorithms: shortest-path establishment vs. layer-peeling path establishment. We observe that both strategies provide an equivalent entanglement rate, while the layer-peeling establishment algorithm considerably reduces the congestion in the network of repeaters. Repeaters in the inner layers get less congested and require a lower number of qubits, while providing a similar entanglement rate.",
keywords = "Quantum network, entanglement distribution, entanglement routing, entanglement swapping, quantum communication, quantum repeater",
author = "Michel Barbeau and Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro and Evangelos Kranakis",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.; 2020 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2020 ; Conference date: 12-10-2020 Through 16-10-2020",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/QCE49297.2020.00028",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2020",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "148--157",
editor = "Muller, \{Hausi A.\} and Greg Byrd and Candace Culhane and Erik DeBenedictis and Travis Humble",
booktitle = "Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering, QCE 2020",
}