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Quantum networks are emerging sciences and are anticipated to be the core networking technologies in the future. Due to the difficulty of implementing quantum networks in a real way, because quantum devices are not widely available, they only exist within their laboratories. In addition, they are costly and also need special environments that are not easy to obtain in other than laboratories. In this paper, the authors build a simulator using the language of Python programming to simulate quantum networks in terms of quantum devices, such as repeaters, final nodes and channels, where the behavior of these elements within the network is simulated for the purpose of sending quantum information represented by quantum bits, and therefore the work will be within the principle of the graph and finally facilitate experiments on networks Quantum devices without the need for real physical devices. The most remarkable result that emerged from the simulated data generated and detected is that the modeling process provides guidance for quantum networks design, characterization of their protocols, and their behavior. As a result of this study, one could simulate a quantum network repeater and end node as well as a quantum link (entanglement link) and implement some of the quantum protocols like Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Teleportation and quantum protocol. In the end, it is concluded the possibility of simulating the behavior of the quantum network, its devices, and protocols, as well as implementing it and developing the quantum applications, an integrated study about the quantum internet and its routing in it. In addition, we were able to develop a quantum repeater protocol in order to enable end-to-end entanglement.
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Hussein, S.A., Abdullah, A.A. (2023). Modeling for Performance Evaluation of Quantum Network. In: Al-Emran, M., Al-Sharafi, M.A., Shaalan, K. (eds) International Conference on Information Systems and Intelligent Applications. ICISIA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 550. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16865-9_56
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