Welcome to Episode 4, this week we double-click into simulation for quantum network systems. We talk about the similarities of classical and quantum simulations, the practicality of quantum network simulation, some developer tools available, frameworks and/or standardisation and lack-thereof. We touch on the purpose and outcomes of simulation and look forward to how the ecosystem could develop.

• Repeater protocol: https://qutech.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A-Link-Layer-Protocol-for-Quantum-Networks.pdf

• NetSquid: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.12535.pdf

• Repeater simulation: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01852

• SeQUence: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/0/2327/files/2019/11/SeQUeNCe.pdf

• QuNetSim: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.06397

• QKDNetSim: https://www.qkdnetsim.info/