What is fidelity, and why does it matter in a quantum network? Fidelity is a measure of how closely the quantum state you actually have matches the state you intended to create. In an entanglement-based network, fidelity becomes a measure of the quality of the entanglement being distributed. Noise, transmission distance, and environmental factors can degrade fidelity as qubits move through the network. Applications you run on a quantum network require entanglement above certain quality thresholds. A network can successfully distribute entangled pairs and still fail to deliver entanglement good enough for the application it's intended to support. Because of that , teams need continuous visibility into whether the network and its services are delivering the required performance. Aliro Orchestrator provides centralized visibility into nodes, links, system performance, service health, and live performance metrics over time, giving operators the information they need to understand how the network is actually performing. Check out our white paper on the basics of quantum networking: #QuantumNetworking #SecureNetworks ↧ Aliro, Quantum Networking 101 The basics of entanglement-based quantum networking.