Delay model

Delay model can be used to describe a random time delay in channels, memories and operators. The basic class is DelayModel. It implements a method called calculate to calculate the random time delay.

Currently, SimQN provides the following three delay models:

1. ConstantDelayModel: generate a constant time delay

from qns.models.delay import ConstantDelayModel

delay_model = ConstantDelayModel(delay=0.5) # set time delay to a constant number 0.5 [s]

delay = delay_model.calculate() # output: 0.5

2. UniformDelayModel: generate a random delay in uniform distribution X~U(min, max)

from qns.models.delay import UniformDelayModel

delay_model = UniformDelayModel(min_delay=0.3, max_delay=0.5) # set time delay to a random delay

delay = delay_model.calculate() # output: 0.44

3. NormalDelayModel: generate a random delay in normal distribution X~N(mean_delay, std)

from qns.models.delay import NormalDelayModel

delay_model = NormalDelayModel(mean_delay=0.5, std=0.1) # set time delay to a random delay in normal distribution

delay = delay_model.calculate() # output: 0.44

Usages: a DelayModel can be a input parameters in quantum memories, quantum channels, classic channels and operators, for example:

from qns.models.delay import NormalDelayModel
from qns.entity.cchannel import ClassicChannel

l1 = ClassicChannel(name="l1", bandwidth=10, delay=UniformDelayModel(min_delay=0.1, max_delay=0.3),
                    drop_rate=0.1, max_buffer_size=30)