arXiv · 2609.04920
QUASAR: Quantum Satellite Architecture and Routing Simulator
Abstract
The deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations is an important step toward global-scale quantum networking. However, evaluating satellite quantum network protocols under spatiotemporal orbital dynamics and quantum physical constraints remains computationally expensive and challenging. In this paper, we propose QUASAR, a lightweight simulator for evaluating entanglement distribution in satellite-based quantum networks. QUASAR provides a decoupled architecture that integrates dynamic orbital topologies, time-varying optical transmittance, and quantum memory decoherence into network- layer attributes. To demonstrate its capabilities, we abstract and implement two representative hardware architectures: Simultaneous Downlink and On-Orbit Stitching. We further introduce an Entanglement Distribution Rate (EDR)-Aware Spatiotemporal Routing (EASR) heuristic as a reference workload. Our case study examines how QUASAR supports different satellite architectures, routing workloads, realistic orbital traces, concurrent requests, and scalable event-driven execution. With over 85% lower network-layer update latency than continuous polling, QUASAR provides a practical and extensible framework for future satellite quantum network protocol evaluation.
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Yaliang Shi, Zi Wang, Bangguo Yuan, Gaojie Wu, Zhiwei Zhao. 2026-09-04. QUASAR: Quantum Satellite Architecture and Routing Simulator. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.04920
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