Characterizing Quantum Internet Using Complex Network Models

Quantum Physics arXiv:2510.27073 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 31 Oct 2025] Title:Characterizing Quantum Internet Using Complex Network Models Authors:Otávio José R. Silveira, Nycolas B. da Silva, Saulo L. L. da Silva, Angélica S. da Mata View a PDF of the paper titled Characterizing Quantum Internet Using Complex Network Models, by Ot\'avio Jos\'e R. Silveira and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Quantum communication is a growing area of research, with quantum internet being one of the most promising applications. Studying the statistical properties of this network is essential to understanding its connectivity and the efficiency of the entanglement distribution. However, the models proposed in the literature often assume homogeneous distributions in the connections of the optical fiber infrastructure, without considering the heterogeneity of the network. In this work, we propose new models for the quantum internet that incorporate this heterogeneity of node connections in the optical fiber network, analyzing how this characteristic influences fundamental metrics such as the degree distribution, the average clustering coefficient, the average shortest path and assortativity. Our results indicate that, compared to homogeneous models, heterogeneous networks efficiently reproduce key structural properties of real optical fiber networks, including degree distribution, assortativity, and hierarchical behavior. These findings highlight the impact of network structure on quantum communication and can contribute to more realistic modeling of quantum internet infrastructure. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an) Cite as: arXiv:2510.27073 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2510.27073v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.27073 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Angélica Sousa da Mata [view email] [v1] Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:46:36 UTC (37,530 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Characterizing Quantum Internet Using Complex Network Models, by Ot\'avio Jos\'e R. Silveira and 2 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2025-10 Change to browse by: physics physics.data-an References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)