Subject: [Qirg] Link layer service draft

From: Axel Dahlberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:50:42 +0000

Hi qirgers!

As mentioned in an earlier email, I would like to discuss the service of a link layer protocol in a Quantum Internet. To aid this discussion we uploaded yesterday an initial draft (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-dahlberg-ll-quantum) that specifies the service and interface of such a link layer. Note that this is version 00 and is meant as a kickstarter for the discussion. Questions that would be useful to discuss during the meeting are:

	1. Is the specified service the service that higher layer protocols and applications want and need? Is there something missing? Is there something redundant?
	2. Is it feasible to implement this service on different types of platforms and hardware? What limitations could there be? For example some platforms might not support the type K (create and 		     keep) requests. Conversely, are the capabilities that some hardware supports but that the specified link layer service restricts? Should multi-partite entangled states be part of the link layer?
	3. In the draft, what needs to be further specified/clarified?

We are happy to hear any feedback, comments, questions, suggestions and contributions.

Looking forward to seeing you all in the meeting!

/Axel Dahlberg