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Quantum Optimisation for Telecoms Network Planning and Resource Allocation

Applying quantum annealing and QUBO to spectrum allocation, network planning, and RAN resource management.

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Course Overview

For telecoms network planners and radio engineers. Covers quantum and quantum-inspired optimisation for spectrum allocation, network topology design, dynamic bandwidth management, and multi-layer traffic engineering. Includes QUBO formulations for telecoms problems, NISQ hardware benchmarks, and quantum-inspired classical alternatives for immediate deployment.

Curriculum

Course content is structured into sessions below. Each session is configurable to your organisation's environment, threat model, and objectives.

#	Session	Topics
1	Classical Optimisation Limits in Telecoms Network Planning Why spectrum allocation and traffic engineering exceed classical solver capacity at scale
2	Quantum Optimisation Algorithms for Telecoms Problems QAOA, VQE, and quantum annealing applied to network planning	QAOA (Quantum Approximate Optimisation Algorithm) for frequency assignment and interference management across dense urban cell deployments VQE (Variational Quantum Eigensolver) for constrained network topology optimisation under capacity and latency requirements Quantum annealing on D-Wave for dynamic bandwidth allocation and traffic load balancing across multi-layer transport networks
Break
3	QUBO Formulations for Telecoms Network Problems Encoding spectrum, routing, and capacity constraints as quantum-native representations	Spectrum allocation as graph colouring: encoding frequency assignment, co-channel interference, and adjacent channel constraints for 5G NR carrier aggregation Network topology optimisation: encoding fibre route selection, node placement, and capacity constraints as QUBO for metro and long-haul network design Dynamic traffic engineering: encoding real-time bandwidth allocation, QoS priority, and multi-path routing as weighted constraint satisfaction problems
4	Interactive Demonstration: Spectrum Allocation Optimisation Pipeline Full-day format only	Formulating a 5G NR frequency assignment problem as QUBO with interference, power, and regulatory constraints for a reference urban cell grid Running on simulator versus cloud quantum hardware and comparing solution quality against classical solvers (CPLEX, Gurobi) Interpreting results: feasibility assessment, optimality gap measurement, and identifying cell densities where quantum approaches show competitive results
Break
5	Hardware Limits and Honest Performance Assessment What works now, what does not, and the 2026-2030 frontier	NISQ performance ceiling: network sizes and constraint counts achievable today (tens to low hundreds of variables with noise mitigation, not thousands) Quantum-inspired classical solvers for immediate deployment: Fujitsu Digital Annealer, Toshiba SQBM+, and simulated annealing for network planning at production scale Fault-tolerant timeline and what it unlocks for national-scale network optimisation and real-time traffic engineering
6	Vendor Landscape and Adoption Framework Independent guidance for telecoms organisations evaluating quantum optimisation	IBM, IonQ, D-Wave, Quantinuum, Zapata: capability comparison for telecoms network optimisation use cases Operator pilots: Vodafone, BT, Deutsche Telekom, SK Telecom quantum computing programmes and published results Structuring a pilot: selecting the right network planning problem, setting realistic benchmarks, and defining success criteria
7	Q&A and Pilot Planning

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