Quantum Network Intelligent Management System

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

As the author mentioned, the main contribution of the article consists of the dynamic calculation of the optimal 170 routes in two concurrent scenarios:

• In situations of saturation of a node and an element of 171 the network the algorithm will dynamically create a new route guaranteeing the delivery of 172 the message.

• At the time of sabotage or incident that renders an element of the quantum 173 network useless, the algorithm will isolate the possible attacked node -or segment of the 174 network, depending on the case - and will redirect the traffic using alternative routes to 175 guarantee the best possible performance of the network.

My comments are:

1.   It is not clear for the reader what is the novelty of the research, as the author mentioned earlier that he used Dijkstra’s Algorithm to calculate the initial optimal path and tracing new path for the proposed network. The author should give more details about the simulation and calculations in section 6.

 

2.   Figures 2-5 are not clear. You need to put some noted and comments on colored nodes and paths, especially in Figure 3.

 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thanks for your repport.

About 1st: We changed in section 6 as suggested.

About 2nd: We apologize for this error, and we have corrected the images as suggested.

 

Reviewer 2 Report

In this work, the author study the robust and reliable quantum network model by using the commercial fiber optic networks. Especially, dynamic calculation of the optimal routes in two concurrent scenarios. The findings of this paper let its real-time adaptation and to pro-tect itself against sabotage or accidents that render part of the network or its nodes useless. In my opinion, this work is interesting and the arguments are convincing, which may arouse extensive research interest in the quantum network community. However, I have several concerns, so a revision is necessary before its publication.

1). Does the quantum network model in this paper have some quantitative calculation or analysis results?

2). Figure 3 to figure 5 are different from Figure 2 and seem incomplete. What is the reason for this?

3). The paper is divided into many parts to discuss quantum networks. In order to better guide readers, please strengthen the logical relationship between various parts and make them more compact.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thanks for your repport.

About 1st: From now there are not quantitative calculation. This is a valid and important question, and we are curious what the results would be.

About 2nd: We apologize for this error, and we have corrected the figures as suggested.

About 3rd: We rewrote some sections to make text cohesive.

 

Reviewer 3 Report

Please see the attached report for more details. The report can be forwarded to the author.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thanks for your repport.

About 1st - Major issues: We rewrote first section to make text cohesive.

About 2nd -Major issues: We apologize for this error, and we have corrected the figures as suggested.

About Minor comments: We fixed the indicated erratums and changed some language errors.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors addressed all reviewers' comments