QIRG Agenda IETF 124

1. Administrivia (5 min)

Resolving any online issues
RG update

2. An extensible software architecture for Quantum Network Operations (15 min)

speaker: Inder Monga
Executive Director
ESnet/LBNL Scientific Networking Division

abstract: This talk will describe an extensible control plane developed within our quantum networking research project, QUANT-NET, designed to address unique challenges of coordinating and managing the distribution of entanglement with limited coherence times as part of quantum network operations. This architecture, known as the QUANT-NET Control Plane (QNCP), enables automation and orchestration, models and manages quantum resources, provides hardware abstractions, and is built with modularity and extensibility in mind. The QNCP aims to provide a robust framework for distributed quantum network operations, supporting the evolution of control needs from a local quantum network with multiple nodes to a geographically distributed network with domain agents and centralized orchestration. Key design principles include delineating orchestration and real-time control domains, providing a consistent network data model for quantum entities and resources, and allowing for pluggable extensions to develop custom protocols and drive hardware through a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).

In parallel with our ongoing software deployments and experimental testbed development, we are actively exploring the standardization of abstractions and primitives. The absence of complete, off-the-shelf solutions and established standards for quantum devices necessitates a collaborative approach to identifying and defining common interfaces and data models. By learning from lessons in classical control, we aim to contribute to an open design that allows for dynamic insertion of new services and functionalities in the control plane. This effort seeks to create an opportunity for the broader quantum network community to evolve together, fostering interoperability and accelerating the development of scalable quantum networks.

3. The design and implementation of real-time control of trapped-ion quantum networks (15 min)

speaker: Wenji Wu
Network Research Engineer
ESnet/LBNL Scientific Networking Division

abstract: Trapped ions are one of the leading platforms for large scale quantum networks due to their excellent quantum information processing capability and inherent support for entanglement generation, distribution, and storage. Recent laboratory experiments have shown the possibility of generating high-rate and high-fidelity remote entanglement between trapped ions over long distances. Transitioning these experiments from controlled laboratory environments to real-world field deployment requires not only fundamental advances in quantum technologies, but also significant quantum network engineering efforts. A key component of this transition is the design and development of advanced real-time control of quantum networks.

In this talk, I will first discuss several technical challenges that are facing the design and implementation of advanced real-time control of quantum networks. Next, I will discuss how we address these challenges by integrating the Advanced Real-time Infrastructure for Quantum physics (ARTIQ) framework into QUANT-NET, a project focused on building a quantum network testbed based on trapped ions at the Berkeley campus. I will present the design and implementation of real-time control of QUANT-NET, along with preliminary experimental results. These preliminary results are focused on real-time control of a single node of the testbed and lay the foundation for future work on multi-node entanglement generation and networked quantum operations. This talk will be followed by an open discussion on which elements of this framework should be standardized in a forum like IETF, and how this capability will influence the future architecture of quantum networks.

4. InterQnet: A Heterogeneous Full-Stack Approach to Co-designing Scalable Quantum Networks (15 min)

speaker: Joaquin Chung

5. Leveraging Internet Principles To Build a Quantum Network (15 min)

speaker: Leonardo Bacciottini

6. Design Principles for the Quantum Internet Architecture: Quantum Control Plane (15 min)

speaker: Marcello Callefi

7. Quantum Tomography, Teleportation and Distributed Quantum Computing (15 min)

speaker: Roger Selly

8. draft-lopez-qirg-qi-multiplane-arch-05 (15 min)

speaker: Diego Lopez

9. draft-zhu-qirg-qfcp-00 (10)

speaker: Alan Zhu