diff --git a/qiskit_experiments/whole_backend/__init__.py b/qiskit_experiments/whole_backend/__init__.py
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+"""
+Functions to facilitate experiments on entire backends
+"""
+
+from qiskit_experiments.whole_backend.whole_backend import build_whole_backend_experiment
+from qiskit_experiments.whole_backend.partition import (
+    partition_qubits,
+    partition_edges,
+    verify_qubit_groups,
+    verify_edge_groups,
+)
diff --git a/qiskit_experiments/whole_backend/partition.py b/qiskit_experiments/whole_backend/partition.py
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+"""
+Functions to partition qubits and edges into groups, such that qubits/edges
+in a group are distance from each other
+"""
+
+import retworkx as rx
+
+
+def distance_graph(graph, distance):
+    """
+    The vertices of the distance graph are the same as
+    in the original graph. Two vertices are connected by an edge if the distance between them
+    in the original graph is smaller than `distance`.
+    """
+    distance_matrix = rx.distance_matrix(graph)
+    dist_graph = rx.PyGraph()
+    indexes = graph.node_indices()
+
+    for graph_vertex1 in indexes:
+        dist_graph.add_node(graph[graph_vertex1])
+        for graph_vertex2 in range(graph_vertex1):
+            if distance_matrix[graph_vertex1, graph_vertex2] < distance:
+                dist_graph.add_edge(graph_vertex1, graph_vertex2, None)
+
+    return dist_graph
+
+
+def partition_qubits(backend, distance):
+    """
+    Partitions the qubits into groups, such that in each group the
+    minimum distance (number of edges in the shortest path) between qubits is at least
+    `distance`.
+
+    Returns a list of list of integers, i.e., a list of groups of qubits.
+    """
+
+    coupling = backend.configuration().coupling_map
+
+    # Construct the coupling graph using retworkx
+    graph = rx.PyGraph()
+    graph.add_nodes_from(list(range(backend.configuration().num_qubits)))
+    for coupling_edge in coupling:
+        graph.add_edge(coupling_edge[0], coupling_edge[1], None)
+
+    # A very naive algorithm, which it was chosen (at least for now) because it's easy
+    # to implement. I didn't check if it has any guarantees about performance, number of qubit
+    # groups (if we want to minimize it - this translates to minimizing the number of circuits),
+    # or equitability (if we want the groups - namely the circuits - to be more-or-less of
+    # equal size). The literature is filled with algorithms for vertex colorings,
+    # including for the case of the distance>2 constraint. In particular,
+    # we don't exploit information that we have about the structure of the coupling map, like
+    # the fact that the degree of the coupling graph is upper-bounded.
+
+    # Construct the distance graph: an edge between two qubits
+    # if the distance between them is smaller than `distance`
+    dist_graph = distance_graph(graph, distance)
+
+    # Color the distance graph: qubits that are adjacent in the distance graph
+    # will be assigned different colors
+    colors = rx.graph_greedy_color(dist_graph)
+
+    # Partition the qubits according to their colors
+    return [
+        [[graph[qubit]] for qubit in graph.node_indices() if colors[qubit] == c]
+        for c in set(colors.values())
+    ]
+
+
+def partition_edges(backend, distance):
+    """
+    Partitions the edges in the coupling map into groups, such that in each group the
+    minimum distance (one plus number of edges in the shortest path) between edges is at least
+    `distance`.
+
+    Returns a list of list of pairs of integers, i.e., a list of groups of edges.
+    """
+
+    coupling = backend.configuration().coupling_map
+
+    # Algorithm:
+    # - We name by "coupling graph" the graph whose vertices are the qubits and edges
+    #   are the edges that are in the coupling map. In the code here we don't construct this
+    #   graph.
+    # - We construct the line graph of the coupling graph. In the line graph,
+    #   every vertex represents an edge of the coupling graph. Vertices in the line graph
+    #   are connected by an edge if the respective edges in the coupling graph share at least
+    #   one vertex.
+    # - We construct the distance graph. The vertices of the distance graph are the same as
+    #   in the line graph. Two vertices are connected by an edge if the distance between them
+    #   in the line graph is smaller than `distance`.
+    # - We color the vertices of the distance graph (coloring a graph means that adjacent
+    #   vertices are assigned different colors). This induces a coloring to the edges of the
+    #   coupling graph that satisfies the distance constraint.
+    #
+    # This is a very naive algorithm, and it was chosen (at least for now) because it's easy
+    # to implement. I didn't check if it has any guarantees about performance, number of edge
+    # groups (if we want to minimize it - this translates to minimizing the number of circuits),
+    # or equitability (if we want the groups - namely the circuits - to be more-or-less of
+    # equal size). The literature is filled with algorithms for vertex and edge colorings,
+    # including for the case of the distance>2 constraint. In particular,
+    # we don't exploit information that we have about the structure of the coupling map, like
+    # the fact that the degrees of the coupling and line graphs are upper-bounded.
+
+    # Construct the line graph
+    line_graph = rx.PyGraph()
+    # By "coupling edge" we mean "edge of the coupling graph"
+    for coupling_edge in coupling:
+        # By "line vertex" we mean "vertex of the line graph"
+        # Each vertex in the line graph is originated from an edge in the coupling map,
+        # we keep the original coupling edge in the label of the line vertex
+        line_vertex = line_graph.add_node(coupling_edge)
+        for existing_line_vertex in range(line_vertex):
+            existing_coupling_edge = line_graph[existing_line_vertex]
+            if set(coupling_edge).intersection(set(existing_coupling_edge)):
+                line_graph.add_edge(line_vertex, existing_line_vertex, None)
+
+    # Construct the distance graph
+    dist_graph = distance_graph(line_graph, distance)
+
+    # Color the distance graph
+    colors = rx.graph_greedy_color(dist_graph)
+
+    return [
+        [
+            line_graph[line_vertex]
+            for line_vertex in line_graph.node_indices()
+            if colors[line_vertex] == c
+        ]
+        for c in set(colors.values())
+    ]
+
+
+def verify_qubit_groups(backend, qubit_groups, distance):
+    """
+    We verify:
+    - Every qubit is contained in exactly one group.
+    - The distance between qubits belonging to the same group is at least `distance`.
+    """
+
+    nqubits = backend.configuration().n_qubits
+    coupling = backend.configuration().coupling_map
+
+    # Build the coupling graph:
+    # - Vertices are the qubits.
+    # - Edges are the edges of the coupling map.
+    coupling_graph = rx.PyGraph()
+    coupling_graph.add_nodes_from(list(range(nqubits)))
+    for edge in coupling:
+        coupling_graph.add_edge(edge[0], edge[1], None)
+
+    # Compute the distances between vertices
+    distance_matrix = rx.distance_matrix(coupling_graph)
+
+    found_qubits = []
+    for group in qubit_groups:
+        for i, qubit1 in enumerate(group):
+            # Verify that no qubit repeats twice (either in the same group
+            # or in different groups)
+            assert 0 <= qubit1[0] < nqubits
+            assert qubit1[0] not in found_qubits
+            found_qubits.append(qubit1[0])
+
+            # Verify that the minimum distance between qubits
+            # that belong to the same group is at least `distance`
+            for j in range(i):
+                qubit2 = group[j]
+                assert distance_matrix[qubit1[0], qubit2[0]] >= distance
+
+    # Verify that every qubit belongs to some group.
+    assert len(found_qubits) == nqubits
+
+
+def verify_edge_groups(backend, edge_groups, distance):
+    """
+    We verify:
+    - Every edge in the coupling map is contained in exactly one group.
+    - Every edge in any of the groups is in the coupling map.
+    - The distance (one plus number of edges in the coupling map) between edges
+      belonging to the same group is at least `distance`.
+
+    In order not to repeat, in the test, bugs that the test actually aims to detect,
+    we intentionally perform computations differently from `partition_edges`.
+    Instead of working with the line graph, we work directly on the coupling graph.
+    To check the distance between edges in the coupling graph, we check the distance between
+    their end vertices.
+    """
+
+    nqubits = backend.configuration().n_qubits
+    coupling = backend.configuration().coupling_map
+
+    # Build the coupling graph:
+    # - Vertices are the qubits.
+    # - Edges are the edges of the coupling map.
+    coupling_graph = rx.PyGraph()
+    coupling_graph.add_nodes_from(list(range(nqubits)))
+    for edge in coupling:
+        coupling_graph.add_edge(edge[0], edge[1], None)
+
+    # Compute the distances between vertices
+    distance_matrix = rx.distance_matrix(coupling_graph)
+
+    found_edges = []
+    for group in edge_groups:
+        for i, edge1 in enumerate(group):
+            # Verify that no edge repeats twice (either in the same group
+            # or in different groups)
+            assert edge1 not in found_edges
+            found_edges.append(edge1)
+
+            # Verify that all edges in the groups belong to the coupling map
+            assert edge1 in coupling
+
+            # Verify that the minimum distance between end nodes of two edges,
+            # that belong to the same group, is at least `distance`-1
+            for j in range(i):
+                edge2 = group[j]
+                for vertex1 in edge1:
+                    for vertex2 in edge2:
+                        assert distance_matrix[vertex1, vertex2] >= distance - 1
+
+    # Verify that every edge in the coupling map belongs to some group.
+    assert len(found_edges) == len(coupling)
diff --git a/qiskit_experiments/whole_backend/whole_backend.py b/qiskit_experiments/whole_backend/whole_backend.py
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+"""
+Functions to build composite experiments for entire backends
+"""
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Qubit, Clbit
+from qiskit_experiments.framework import (
+    BatchExperiment,
+    ParallelExperiment,
+    BaseExperiment,
+)
+
+
+class BasicExperiment(BaseExperiment):
+    """
+    Basic atmoic experiment that mimics the template experiment,
+    but uses a pre-prepared transpiled circuit
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, qubits, template_circs, analysis):
+        super().__init__(qubits)
+        self._template_circs = template_circs
+        self.analysis = analysis
+
+    def circuits(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _transpiled_circuits(self):
+        res_circs = []
+        for circ in self._template_circs:
+            qubit_indices = {bit: idx for idx, bit in enumerate(circ.qubits)}
+            clbit_indices = {bit: idx for idx, bit in enumerate(circ.clbits)}
+            new_circ = QuantumCircuit(1 + max(self.physical_qubits), circ.num_clbits)
+
+            for inst, qargs, cargs in circ.data:
+                new_qargs = []
+                new_cargs = []
+
+                for qubit in qargs:
+                    original_qubit = qubit_indices[qubit]
+                    if original_qubit < len(self.physical_qubits):
+                        new_qargs.append(
+                            Qubit(new_circ.qregs[0], self.physical_qubits[original_qubit])
+                        )
+
+                for clbit in cargs:
+                    original_clbit = clbit_indices[clbit]
+                    new_cargs.append(Clbit(new_circ.cregs[0], original_clbit))
+
+                if len(qargs) == len(new_qargs):
+                    new_circ.append(inst, new_qargs, new_cargs)
+
+            new_circ.metadata = circ.metadata
+            res_circs.append(new_circ)
+
+        return res_circs
+
+
+def build_whole_backend_experiment(template_experiment, groups):
+    """
+    Return an experiment that covers all the groups of qubits/edges
+    """
+    circs = template_experiment._transpiled_circuits()
+
+    parexps = []
+    for group in groups:
+        exps = []
+        for qubits in group:
+            analysis = deepcopy(template_experiment.analysis)
+            exps.append(
+                BasicExperiment(
+                    qubits,
+                    circs,
+                    analysis,
+                )
+            )
+        parexps.append(ParallelExperiment(exps))
+
+    return BatchExperiment(parexps, backend=template_experiment.backend, flatten_results=True)
diff --git a/test/test_partition.py b/test/test_partition.py
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+"""
+Test partition_qubits and partition_edges
+"""
+from test.base import QiskitExperimentsTestCase
+
+from qiskit.providers.fake_provider import FakeGuadalupe
+
+from qiskit_experiments.whole_backend import (
+    partition_qubits,
+    partition_edges,
+    verify_qubit_groups,
+    verify_edge_groups,
+)
+
+
+class TestPartition(QiskitExperimentsTestCase):
+    """
+    Test partition_qubits and partition_edges
+    """
+
+    def test_partition_qubits(self):
+        """
+        Verify correctness of `partition_qubits`
+        (see details in the documentation of verify_qubit_groups)
+        """
+
+        distance = 2
+        backend = FakeGuadalupe()
+        qubit_groups = partition_qubits(backend, distance)
+        verify_qubit_groups(backend, qubit_groups, distance)
+
+    def test_partition_edges(self):
+        """
+        Verify correctness of `partition_edges`
+        (see details in the documentation of verify_edge_groups)
+        """
+
+        distance = 3
+        backend = FakeGuadalupe()
+        edge_groups = partition_edges(backend, distance)
+        verify_edge_groups(backend, edge_groups, distance)