A quantum internet is regarded as the holy grail of quantum information processing, enabling the deployment of a broad range of quantum technologies/protocols on a global scale. However, a quantum version of the current Internet Protocol (to make a network of networks) is missing, despite the necessity to control large-scale self-organizing quantum networks. In this talk, we present a practical recipe to give entangled bits (ebits) efficiently to arbitrary two points in a given quantum network with arbitrary topology, by networking its subnetworks with minimum cost. This recipe forms the basis of designing and controlling a global-scale quantum internet.
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