Noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices impose dual challenges on quantum circuit execution: limited qubit connectivity requires extensive SWAP-gate routing, while time-dependent decoherence progressively degrades quantum information. Existing qubit-mapping algorithms optimize for hardware topology and static calibration metrics but systematically neglect transverse relaxation dynamics ($T_2$), creating a fundamental gap between compiler decisions and evolving noise characteristics. We present transverse relaxation time–aware qubit-mapping (TRAM), a coherence-guided compilation framework that elevates decoherence mitigation to a primary optimization objective. TRAM integrates calibration-informed community detection to construct noise-resilient qubit partitions, generates time-weighted initial mappings that anticipate coherence decay, and dynamically schedules SWAP operations to minimize cumulative error accumulation. Evaluated on Qiskit-based simulators with realistic noise models, TRAM outperforms SABRE by 3.29% in fidelity, reduces gate count by 11.47%, and shortens circuit depth by 12.29%, establishing coherence-aware optimization as essential for practical quantum compilation in the NISQ era.

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• Noise
• Open quantum systems & decoherence
• Optimization problems
• Quantum algorithms
• Quantum circuits
• Quantum information with solid state qubits
• Superconducting qubits
• Graph theory