Re: [Qirg] Update to draft-irtf-qirg-principles

Hi,

I think this document should explicitly explains that quantum networks may
and may not execute forwarding (data) in Subsec. 5.1.
Routing and forwarding are different functionalities. Routing decides which
way to go, forwarding executes the transfer obeying the decision.
The 1st and the 2nd generation (Muralidharan's definition) quantum networks
execute routing and swapping, instead of forwarding.
The 3rd generation does routing and forwarding.

"Routing and swapping" might have to be "routing and measuring". "Routing
and measuring" can intuitively cover broader ideas, such as graph
state-based routing and surface code quantum communication, that don't
execute forwarding and don't execute even entanglement swapping, but
execute measurements. (Of course, entanglement swapping has measurements)

Muralidharan's three generations should not be explicitly mentioned in the
document since more types (generations) of quantum networks would appear in
the future.
However, I would believe that any types of quantum networking belong to the
roughly divided two types of quantum networks, "routing and measuring" and
"routing and forwarding". Hence those two types would be worth writing. At
least, it is worth writing that forwarding may not exist, as the unique
distinction of quantum networking.

Such a new section will help network-backgrounded people who may
unconsciously suppose store and forward system.

The current document implies that there are generations of quantum networks
(Subsec. 4.2 Direct transmission mentions "generation"), but no section
summarizes generations. The new explanation would solve the wonder of
readers raised by the implication.

How do you think?

I'm going to make a pull request. Please see that.
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永山翔太 Shota Nagayama
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https://shota.io/
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https://r4d.mercari.com

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 7:17 PM Wojciech Kozlowski <W.Kozlowski@tudelft.nl>
wrote:

> Dear QIRG,
>
> I have just added a contribution to the elementary link generation section.
> Thank you Sara and Marcello.
>
> Latest version:
>
> https://github.com/Wojtek242/draft-irtf-qirg-principles/blob/master/draft-irtf-qirg-principles-03.txt
>
> Diff:
>
> https://github.com/Wojtek242/draft-irtf-qirg-principles/commit/3952b2f15f3720325ce42c61c8857a2ede1a0f2e
>
> Moving forward: my plan is now to finalise the principles/goals sections.
> Some
> feedback has already been given on this subject and I will try to make
> sure I
> take it all into account.
>
> I propose that for this part, I first write the update myself based on
> feedback
> received so far. If you have something to add with regards to this section,
> please share on the mailing list as soon as you can. I will then upload an
> update some time next week so that I can incorporate any feedback
> (deadline for
> drafts for this IETF is 9 March).
>
> Unless these last updates lead to much debate, I'd think this will mark the
> last few updates to the draft (+ pending PRs). In this case, I would aim to
> start finalising it after Vancouver. If there are any contentious issue, I
> will
> aim to resolve them on the mailing list before the next meeting.
>
> Thanks,
> Wojtek
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