A new approach for routing and wavelength assignment for permanent and reliable wavelength paths in wide all-optical WDM networks

This article proposes a new approach for routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) for permanent and reliable wavelength paths (WP) in wide all-optical WDM networks with wavelength continuity constraint. Given a number of available wavelengths on each optical fiber, for each simple link failure of the network, we seek to maximize the number of satisfied requests for connections. This is known as RWAP problem. In our algorithm, called RWA with Minimum Loaded Link for Permanent and Reliable wavelength paths (MLL-PR), routing is based on the search for the optimal path while trying to minimize the maximum load on the links of the network in order to minimize the maximum link capacity and then minimize the number of dropped lightpaths after any link failure. The wavelength assignment is based on a graph coloring method using tabu-search. A series of experiments using two well-known networks (ARPANET and NSFNET) have been carried out in order to evaluate the performance of our approach, in terms of the number of blocked demands, for different failure scenarios. Generally, our results are better than those provided by the current solving approaches taken as reference.

An Efficient Distributed Control Scheme for Lightpath Establishment in Dynamic WDM Networks

An adaptive hybrid reservation protocol (AHRP) is proposed for the purpose of quickly and efficiently establishing a lightpath in dynamic wavelength routed networks. This protocol uses a special reservation-and-probe (RESV_PROB) packet and extends the signaling to integrate forward reservation and backward reservation into one monolithic process. To decrease the blocking probability that happens in cases where two end nodes associated with a specific link simultaneously reserve the same wavelength, an adaptive wavelength selection policy is specially employed in AHRP. A discrete-event simulation tool based on ns-2 is developed to investigate AHRP's performance, including its blocking probability, average lightpath setup delay, and signaling overhead. AHRP is also compared with existing protocols. Results show that during highly dynamic traffic conditions, AHRP possesses the lowest blocking probability, shorter setup delay, and less signaling overhead.     

未来全光网络的发展

运用排队论的知识 ,从理论上分析比较了在排队时光时分复用技术 (OTDM)较波分复用技术(WDM)在逗留时间上更具有优势 ,指出未来全光网的建设应该走 OTDM和 WDM结合的道路。     

Dynamic routing and wavelength assignment with optical bypass using ring embeddings

We consider routing and wavelength assignment in ring, torus, and tree topologies with the twin objectives of minimizing wavelength usage and maximizing optical bypass. The P-port dynamic traffic assumption is used, which allows each node to send and receive at most P calls. For rings we show that PN/4 wavelengths are necessary and sufficient, and provide a four-hub ring architecture that requires only half of these wavelengths to be locally processed. We extend this approach to develop RWA and bypass algorithms for both tori and trees by embedding virtual rings within these topologies and applying the ring algorithms. For an R×C torus, we embed R+C rings onto the torus and provide an approach to RWA and banding based on solving disjoint RWA/banding problems for each ring. Our RWA algorithm is more wavelength efficient than any currently known algorithm and uses the minimum number of wavelengths for R≥2C. Our subsequent banding algorithm allows half of these wavelengths to bypass all but 4R hub nodes. Finally, we give a RWA for trees that embeds a single virtual ring and uses the ring to obtain a RWA that requires no more than PN/2 total wavelengths; this figure is shown to be optimal for balanced binary trees. A banding algorithm follows that allows half these wavelengths to bypass all non-hub nodes.     

WDM网络中基于负载平衡的动态波长路由算法

在WDM网络中，路由和波长分配（RWA）算法是一个焦点问题．当前的RWA算法多是考虑路径跳数或全网拥塞程度，并没有分析各个链路的具体情况．文中提出一种WDM网络中能实现负载平衡的路由算法——最大波长跳数比值（MWHR）算法。基本思想是：根据各备选路径的跳数和其经过的各链路上的可用波长数信息。计算该路径的优先选取权值，优先选取权值最大的路径．仿真表明，该算法在保证较低的阻塞率情况下，能有效的将业务负载均衡分布在网络中的所有链路上．     

Optical multicast over wavelength-routed WDM networks: A survey

With the rapid development of optical networking technology, it is now a realizable technique to support point-to-multipoint connections directly on the optical layer, giving rise to optical multicast. The topic of optical multicast has attracted much enthusiasm in recent years for the reason that it will not only make full use of the abundant bandwidth provided by optical fibers, but also take full advantage of multicast over the traditional point-to-point connection approach. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of optical multicast over wavelength-routed WDM networks, covering the development of both data plane and control plane designs. In particular, we provide an up-to-date state-of-the-art review on the multicast routing and wavelength assignment problem. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most thorough and comprehensive review conducted so far on this topic in the literature.     

Wavelength and Waveband Assignment for Ring Networks Based on Parallel Multi‐granularity Hierarchical OADMs

In this paper we study the optimization issues of ring networks employing novel parallel multi‐granularity hierarchical optical add‐drop multiplexers (OADMs). In particular, we attempt to minimize the number of control elements for the off‐line case. We present an integer linear programming formulation to obtain the lower bound in optimization, and propose an efficient heuristic algorithm called global bandwidth resource assignment that is suitable for the design of large‐scale OADM networks.     

多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由

多粒度交换技术利用波带级路由以及光纤级路由,可有效降低光交叉连接器的复杂度.但多粒度交换增加了光网络的逻辑层次结构,使得网络中的路由与资源分配问题更为复杂,因此,在多粒度全光网中实现多层联合路由是提高网络性能的关键.本文对多粒度交叉连接结构进行了分析,并对多粒度全光网中的多层联合路由问题进行了研究.     

粗波分复用(CWDM)系统及其测试

对粗波分复用技术的产生、发展和应用进行描述，并与密集波分复用技术进行比较，最后介绍了粗波分复用系统的测试及其注意事项。     

WDM-TDM光网络中的动态波长路由与时隙分配算法研究

在WDM光网络中,为了进一步提高波长资源的利用率,多个业务连接可以通过时分复用(TDM)技术共享一个波长的容量。在这种基于WDM-TDM技术的光网络中建立业务连接,需要解决的核心问题之一是波长路由与时隙分配(RWTA)问题。该文研究了WDM-TDM光网络中的动态RWTA问题,提出了一种基于最大使用率方法的RWTA算法(MUB)和一种改进的MUB算法(EMUB),并对它们的性能进行了计算机仿真分析。结果表明：EMUB算法的阻塞率性能优于MUB算法,能有效地优化WDM-TDM光网络的资源利用率。     

考虑功率限制的WDM光网有效设计

提出了一种基于禁忌搜索技术的启发式算法有效波长与路由分配(RWA-TS-P)来解决考虑功率限制的WDM光网的优化设计。该算法建立在局部搜索贪婪算法RWA-greedy之上,引入了功率验证过程来保证建立光路的功率有效性。通过环网和网状网的设计实例验证了算法的性能。数值结果表明,该算法能够在保证网络中建立的所有光路功率有效性的前提下最优地配置网络资源,同时具有可以控制的计算复杂性。     

WDM光传送网的选路和波长分配算法

文章综述了波分复用(WDM)光传送网的选路和波长分配(RWA)算法;考虑了两种需求情况一种是从建立光路的需求出发,另一种是从运送分组业务的需求出发;还概述了RWA设计中要考虑的附加问题,包括波长变换、抗毁和服务策略.     

多播光网络研究中几个问题的探讨

波分复用(WDM)技术的开发和应用使得网络中的信息容量得到了极大的提高,而网络中业务信息的多样化则促进了多播技术的应用和发展。多播的出现使网络的节点结构、虚拟拓扑连接方式及路由和流量疏导算法变得更加复杂多样。为此对光网络中各种多播方式及节点结构并对现有的路由和波长分配算法进行了评述。在此基础上提出了对这类光网络中的信息流量进行疏导时应遵循的几个基本原则,目的是提高波长容量的利用率,减少网络中所用的波长和分插复用器（ADM）数,降低网络的成本和费用。     

WDM网络中支持QoS的路由与波长分配算法

针对波分复用（WDM）网络中的路由与波长分配问题,提出了一种支持服务质量（QoS）的约束搜索算法。基于多目标规划模型,这种搜索算法可为网络各节点创建路由表,根据路由表信息求出非支配路径集合,从而一次性完成寻找路由和分配波长两项任务。仿真实例证明了该算法的有效性。     

Scheduling Combined Unicast and Multicast Traffic in Broadcast WDM Networks

This paper studies the performance of various strategies for scheduling a combined load of unicast and multicast traffic in a broadcast WDM network. The performance measure of interest is schedule length, which directly affects both aggregate network throughput and average packet delay. Three different scheduling strategies are presented, namely: separate scheduling of unicast and multicast traffic, treating multicast traffic as a number of unicast messages, and treating unicast traffic as multicasts of size one. A lower bound on the schedule length for each strategy is first obtained. Subsequently, the strategies are compared against each other using extensive simulation experiments in order to establish the regions of operation, in terms of a number of relevant system parameters, for which each strategy performs best. Our main conclusions are as follows. Multicast traffic can be treated as unicast traffic, by replicating all multicast packets, under very limited circumstances. On the other hand, treating unicast traffic as a special case of multicast traffic with a group of size 1, produces short schedules in most cases. Alternatively, scheduling and transmitting each traffic component separately is also a good choice.     

Virtual Source Based Multicast Routing in WDM Optical Networks

Wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) networks using wavelength-routing are considered to be potential candidates for the next generation wide-area backbone networks. Multicasting is the ability to transmit information from a single source node to multiple destination nodes and is becoming an important requirement in high-speed networks. As WDM technology matures and multicast applications become increasingly popular, supporting multicast routing at the WDM layer becomes an important and yet a challenging topic. This paper concerns with the problem of optical multicast routing in WDM networks. A few nodes in the network may have wavelength conversion and/or splitting capabilities. In this paper, a new multicast tree construction algorithm is proposed. This algorithm is based on a concept called virtual source. A virtual source is a node having both the splitting and wavelength conversion capabilities. By exploiting the presence of virtual source nodes, the proposed algorithm achieves improved performance. To further improve the performance, the algorithm assigns priorities to nodes based on their capabilities. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified through extensive simulation experiments.     

Reducing vulnerability of shared-path protection subject to double-link failures in WDM mesh networks

Shared-path protection (SPP) is a capacity- efficient mechanism to provide 100% single-link failure protection in WDM mesh networks. After the first link failure, however, if reconfiguration is unavailable, a second link failure may lead to tremendous service interruption. Vulnerability of a link is the percentage of links that are vulnerable to the arbitrary second link failure after the link failed and network vulnerability is defined as the average vulnerability of links in the network. In this article, we present three policies that can reduce network vulnerability by reducing backup sharing in shared-path protection. The first policy tries to restrict the times of sharing a wavelength-link by connections. The second policy tries to avoid backup sharing on highly vulnerable links. The third policy tries to avoid backup sharing on highly vulnerable wavelength-links. Algorithms to implement these policies based on a similar framework are presented. Numerical results suggest that there is a trade-off between capacity efficiency and network vulnerability in all the three policies. The third policy can deliver a better performance in terms of blocking probability and network vulnerability.

WDM疏导网络中一种新的多播业务路由算法

研究了波分复用(WDM)网状网中动态多播业务量疏导,提出一种新的辅助疏导模型,其可以描述当前网络资源状况和节点分光特点,并动态更新.进而提出一种有效的多播业务量疏导启发式算法(MGA),将业务的多播选路和波长分配同时完成.仿真表明,该算法在波长连续性限制、网络波长和节点收发器数目有限的情况下,具有较低网络阻塞率.