US 12,143,267 B2
Network optimization for hybrid quantum-classical networks
Mark K. Stockert, San Antonio, TX (US); and Thomas J. Routt, Sequim, WA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US); and AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US); and AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,848.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031224 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01); H04B 10/70 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 41/0816 (2013.01) [G06N 10/40 (2022.01); H04B 10/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
calculating, by a processing system including at least one processor, a quantum network relative performance metric for a current configuration of a hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network;
identifying, by the processing system, a proposed new configuration for the hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network;
calculating, by the processing system, the quantum network relative performance metric for the proposed new configuration of the hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network; and
implementing, by the processing system, the proposed new configuration in the hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network when the quantum network relative performance metric for the proposed new configuration of the hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network is greater than the quantum network relative performance metric for the current configuration of the hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network, wherein the implementing comprises modifying a topology of the hybrid quantum-classical telecommunications network based on the proposed new configuration.