Table 4 Pairs (NR, NS), consisting of the number NR of satellite rings and the number NS of satellites per ring, used in all of the simulations.

From: Spooky action at a global distance: analysis of space-based entanglement distribution for the quantum internet

(NR, NS)

(2, 10)

(4, 8)

(5, 8)

(3, 10)

(9, 7)

(6, 8)

(4, 5)

(8, 7)

(7, 8)

(5, 5)

(7, 7)

(8, 8)

(6, 5)

(6, 7)

(9, 8)

(7, 5)

(5, 7)

(8, 9)

(8, 5)

(4, 7)

(9, 9)

(9, 5)

(8, 10)

(7, 14)

(4, 6)

(9, 10)

(7, 15)

(5, 6)

(8, 11)

(10, 14)

(6, 6)

(10, 10)

(10, 15)

(7, 6)

(4, 13)

(15, 15)

(8, 6)

(5, 13)

(16, 16)

(9, 6)

(7, 13)

(20, 20)