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We propose a novel outer-ROADM-ring (ORR) based multi-domain routing scheme in optical WDM networks. Results show that this scheme has both high scalability and low blocking probability, while preserving inter-domain confidentiality as well.
This paper investigates the benefits of enabling services with differentiated energy-saving (DiffEnS) in WDM optical networks with traffic grooming capabilities. DiffEnS can reduce the operating cost (OPEX) as more customers gradually join green programs and subscribe to the energy efficient traffic services referred to as the Green. Based on a modular node design with grooming capabilities, two heuristic...
Energy-efficient optical networks are gaining momentum as environmental-friendly solutions with reduced operational costs. Energy-efficiency can be achieved by using devices in sleep mode, i.e., a low-power, inactive state in which devices can be suddenly waken-up upon occurrence of triggering events. This paper advocates a sleep mode option for the optical devices (e.g., amplifiers, optical switches)...
For simplified network operations, demands are often routed on shortest paths, e.g., with physical length as metric. We propose a new controlled shortest path routing concept for multiperiod planned networks, formulated as optimization model. This routing concept minimizes the network costs (capital expenditures) under the constraint of using shortest path routing within the lit fiber network. Within...
Partitioning a large network into a connected hierarchy is a proven technique for scalability, manageability, and reliability. Although a significant body of works is devoted to this area of interest, a reference to partitioning schemes where each partition remains 2-connected is missing. In optical networks, a failure of a physical component disrupts multiple logical links that share the component...
This paper presents a tabu search meta-heuristic to solve the static manycast routing and wavelength assignment problem (MA-RWA). The problem is to route a set of manycast requests over a wavelength-routed WDM network such that the number of wavelengths required is minimized. We present the details of a tabu search meta-heuristic for this problem and compare it to two other MA-RWA heuristics called...
We investigate the sequential task anycast scheduling problem (STAS) for grid applications in an optical burst switched network. In STAS, the subtasks of a given request have sequential dependency and must be processed in order. Each node in the network provides a set of services and each subtask may demand a different type of service. The problem is to find an ordered set of nodes that can minimize...
In GMPLS-controlled wavelength switched optical networks (WSONs), the RSVP-TE signaling protocol is utilized to reserve resources during both lightpath provisioning and dynamic restoration. During restoration, a number of reservation instances are contemporarily triggered by the failure. In such dynamic conditions, resource contention is the main blocking source. Several distributed solutions to reduce...
This paper provides an overview of the recent developments in research and the IETF standardization body on using a path computation element in complex telecom networking scenarios such as the multi-layer and multi-domain cases. Implications on the control plane when using such element are addressed as well as the required protocol extensions. The emerging impairment-aware routing and wavelength assignment...
Inter-domain network information distribution becomes the bottleneck of constraint-based path computation in multi-domain optical networks. This article proposes scalable DHT-based path computation approach to address this problem. Its performances have been evaluated by experiments.
Traffic grooming in wavelength division multiplexing networks merges low-speed flows into large capacity pipes so that the bandwidth discrepancy between them will not lead to underutilization of resources. Dynamic grooming deals with requests for wavelength allocation based on a dynamic pattern of arrivals in contrast to the situation of static grooming in which the pattern of arrivals must be previously...
This work proposes a distributed framework for routing path optimization in Optical Burst-Switched (OBS) networks loosely mimicking the foraging behavior of ants, which in the past has originated the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) metaheuristic. The distributed framework consists of additional data structures stored at the nodes and special control packets used to estimate the goodness of the routing...
Burst contention is a well-known challenging problem in optical burst switching (OBS) networks. Contention resolution approaches are always reactive and attempt to minimize the BLR based on local information available at the core node. On the other hand, a proactive approach that avoids burst losses before they occur is desirable. To reduce the probability of burst contention, a more robust routing...
Waveband switching (WBS) has recently attracted attention from a wide range of industry and academia groups for its practical and hierarchial concepts in handling massive lightpaths with reduced control complexity and nodal size. Previous studies demonstrate that non-uniform waveband switching, in which wavebands contain various number of wavelengths, can provide more flexibility for wavelength grouping...
Power-awareness in networking attracts more attention as the trends in the energy consumption of the Internet raise growing concerns about the environmental impacts and sustainability of the network expansion. Building energy efficient equipment is definitely an integral part of the solution. However, such a strategy should be complemented with appropriate network protocols and routing methods to...
Nowadays, Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) network is proposed as a hybrid access network that integrates optical access networks (e.g., PONs) with wireless access networks (e.g., WMNs) to provide the high bandwidth, cost-efficient and ubiquitous last mile Internet access. In FiWi networks, besides traffic from wireless mesh clients to the Internet, peer-to-peer communication from one wireless client to another...
This paper studies distributed multi-domain, multi-layer provisioning (grooming) in IP/MPLS-DWDM networks. Although many multi-domain studies have emerged over the years, these have primarily considered "homogeneous" network layers. Meanwhile, most grooming studies have assumed idealized settings with "global" link state across all layers. Hence there is a critical need to develop...
Optical-Wireless (FiWi) access network is a newly emerged access network architecture which integrates passive optical networks (PONs) with wireless mesh networks (WMNs) to provide the ubiquitous, low cost, high bandwidth last mile Internet access. Though the PON subnetwork of FiWi network can provide high bandwidth, the interference in the wireless subnetwork still limits the throughput of FiWi network...
In this paper we propose the use of bit error rate (BER) as a differentiation of service parameter for connection provisioning in optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. This is achieved through the use of impairment constraint based routing (ICBR), whereby various BER thresholds are set for accepting/blocking requests at the connection provisioning phase, depending on QoS requirements...
The efficient accommodation of sub-wavelength client flows on optical channels is a current challenge for resources use optimization in GMPLS controlled optical networks. While optical channels capacity usually exceeds 10 Gbit/s, client connections requests show finer granularity. This paper concentrates on the design and implementation of a GMPLS-controlled grooming capable transport infrastructure...
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