Quantum internet router

An apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of quantum entangled channel interfaces each configured to receive one entangled particle of a pair of entangled particles to link the apparatus and one of a plurality of network nodes;
• a plurality of digital information channel interfaces each configured to receive a plurality of commands from one of the plurality of network nodes, wherein each command of the plurality of commands indicates a destination network node and a first Bell State Measurement associated with one quantum entangled channel interface of the plurality of quantum entangled channel interfaces;
• and
• memory configured to store a forwarding table indicating to which of the plurality of network nodes to forward commands of the plurality of commands based at least in part on the destination network node, wherein the forwarded commands comprise a second Bell State Measurement based at least in part on the first Bell State Measurement.

A first network node, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled with the processor;
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the first network node to;
• receive, from a second network node via a first digital information channel, a first command indicating a destination network node and a first Bell State Measurement associated with a first entangled particle of a first pair of entangled particles that establish a first quantum entangled channel between the first network node and the second network node;
• select, based at least in part on the destination network node, a third network node from a set of network nodes, wherein the first network node comprises one or more entangled particles each associated with respective ones of the one or more pairs of entangled particles that establish respective quantum entangled channels between the first network node and each network node of the set of network nodes;
• generate a second Bell State Measurement based at least in part on the first Bell State Measurement and the first pair of entangled particles and associated with a second entangled particle of a second pair of entangled particles of the one or more pairs of entangled particles that establishes a second quantum entangled channel between the first network node and the third network node;
• and
• transmit, to the third network node by a second digital information channel, a second command indicating the destination network node and the second Bell State Measurement.