The Link Layer service in a Quantum Internet
2019
In a classical network the link layer is responsible for transferring
a datagram between two nodes that are connected by a single link,
possibly including switches. In a quantum network however, the link
layer will need to provide a robust entanglement generation service
between two quantum nodes which are connected by a quantum link. This
service can be used by higher layers to produce entanglement between
distant nodes or to perform other operations such as qubit
transmission, without full knowledge of the underlying hardware and
its parameters. This draft defines what can be expected from the
service provided by a link layer for a Quantum Network and defines an
interface between higher layers and the link layer.
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