Cisco introduced a Quantum Network Controller prototype that lets applications request entanglement as a service while the network handles delivery, scheduling, and quality management. The system builds on Cisco’s Universal Quantum Switch and has already been tested over deployed telecom fiber in New York City with more than 99 percent polarization fidelity. #Cisco #QuantumNetworkController #UniversalQuantumSwitch #OutshiftbyCisco #Qunnect #SwabianInstruments
Keypoints
- Cisco’s Quantum Network Controller lets applications request entanglement directly.
- The system abstracts sources, switches, detectors, and timing hardware through a common layer.
- It uses statistical monitoring, retries, and reinitialization instead of reading quantum traffic directly.
- Cisco tested multi-node entanglement distribution and swapping over 17.6 kilometers of fiber in New York City.
- The Network-Aware Quantum Compiler is the first native application to use the controller.
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