Tools for quantum network design

Quantum networks will enable the implementation of communication tasks with qualitative advantages respect to known today. While it is expected that first demonstrations small scale quantum take place in near term, many challenges remain them. To compare different solutions, optimize over parameter space, and inform experiments, necessary evaluate performance concrete network scenarios. Here, authors review state-of-the-art tools for evaluating networks. The present them from three angles: information-theoretic benchmarks, analytical tools, simulation.