从OFC2001会议看DWDM全光网中的无源器件

概述了在2001年OFC会议上出现的新型光无源器件，介绍了光无源器件的最新进展，着重分析了几种用于DWDM光网络中的最新型光无源器件的工作原理和结构。     

DWDM全光网络及光纤光栅在其中的应用

介绍了DWDM网络的结构特点及以及光纤光栅在其中的一些应用。     

DWDM reconfigurable optical delay buffer for optical packet switched networks

We proposed and demonstrated a novel scheme to realize wavelength-selective reconfigurable optical delay buffers using optical fiber delay in a folded-path architecture. The experimental results show that multiple wavelength 10-Gb/s dense wavelength-division-multiplexed packets with 50-GHz channel spacing can individually be delayed a variable amount of time simultaneously with a power penalty less than 1 dB using the proposed reconfigurable buffer architecture.     

A novel fault management approach for DWDM optical networks

Connection availability is considered as a critical metric when providing differentiated services in Wavelength‐Division Multiplexing mesh networks. Indeed, one of the major concerns of optical network operators is related to improving the availability of services provided to their highest‐class clients. Achieving this objective is possible through managing faults using the different classical protection schemes, namely the so‐called dedicated and shared protection schemes. However, the majority of the work concerning protection schemes has considered the primary connections as equally important when contending for the use of the backup resources. As a main contribution in this paper, we therefore propose an improvement of the existing protection schemes through the introduction of relative priorities among the different primary connections contending for the access to the protection path. To evaluate numerically the benefits of the service differentiation feature introduced in our proposal, we first develop a mathematical model, based on which we derive explicit expressions for the average connection availabilities that result from both the classical protection schemes and the proposed priority‐aware one. Through this model, we show how the availability of the highest‐class clients is improved when deploying the proposed priority‐aware protection scheme. Finally, with the same objective in mind, we develop a simulation study, where a given set of connection demands with predefined availability requirements is provisioned using different protection strategies. Through this study, we show that the priority‐aware protection strategy satisfies service‐availability requirements in a cost‐effective manner compared with the classical protection schemes.Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

DWDM全光网络中波长转换技术的比较

波长转换技术是 DWDM全光网络中一项重要的基础技术。介绍了波长转换技术的基本原理 ,并对现有主要的几种波长转换技术进行比较 ,最后指出基于四波混频技术的波长转换技术是未来的研究方向     

DWDM光传送网中选路和波长分配

本文综述了密集波分复用（DWDM）光传送网中选路和波长分配（RAW）研究领域的最新研究成果。分析比较了固定路由和备用路由下不同RAW算法的性能,还讨论了不同情况下采用波长变换对网络性能的改善。     

On joint protection/restoration in IP-centric DWDM based opticaltransport networks

Previous advances in WDM technology are now beginning to shift the focus more toward optical networking and network-level issues. Providing survivability at the optical layer is inherently attractive, but whether it makes practical sense, given similar mechanisms that are already available at the higher layers, poses serious challenges and raises many questions. Today's core network architecture model has functional overlap among its layers, contains outdated functionality, and is too slow to scale. If IP can be mapped directly onto the WDM layer, some of the unnecessary network layers can be eliminated, opening up new possibilities for developing a simple and integrated-protection/restoration scheme that can be coordinated at both the IP and WDM layers. This article presents an overview of existing optical protection/restoration schemes. Then we present a novel mesh-based hybrid optical protection scheme that utilizes multifiber physical links along with a hierarchical OXC structure. An overview of the envisioned IP-centric DWDM-based optical data network architecture is then presented. The basis of how to implement a more direct IP standard-based approach for closer and efficient IP-WDM integration is also discussed. Finally, we articulate a view of how to provide a joint protection/restoration scheme that is coordinated at both the IP and WDM layers     

Performance failure analysis of EDFA cascades in optical DWDM packet-switched networks

A simple and comprehensive technique to determine the probability that a cascade of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) may be driven into unacceptable regimes of bit error rate (BER) and/or gain levels is presented. This technique allows network designers to determine the tolerances by which the signal power levels may deviate from their predesigned average values and still give acceptable gain variances and BERs at the receiver. We show that even in the signal power range well above the receiver sensitivities (-38 dBm/ch) where the gain spread is not significant, the corresponding spread in BER due to random arrival of packets might result in unacceptable performance. We show for typical levels of operation, the BER temporarily (for about 3 /spl mu/s) deviates to below 10/sup -9/ (10/sup -15/) with a probability of 10/sup -3/ (10/sup -2/), for 100 (64) channels. We show that the gain spread for a single EDFA can be negligible for a range of signal and pump powers at a given average gain.     

Design protection for WDM optical networks

With wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks the failure of a single link or component may cause the simultaneous failure of several optical channels, potentially making impossible restoration by rerouting directly in higher layers directly using the optical network (SDH, ATM, internal protocol (IP)). To address this, we introduce the concept of design protection, which aims at making such failure propagations impossible. We present the disjoint alternate path (DAP) algorithm which places optical channels in order to maximize design protection. We show the result on various network examples     

Routing scalability in multi-domain DWDM networks

This paper studies routing scalability in multi-domain DWDM networks. Although inter-domain provisioning has been well studied for packet/cell-switching networks, the wavelength dimension (along with wavelength conversion) poses many challenges in multi-domain DWDM settings. To address these concerns a detailed GMPLS-based hierarchical routing framework is proposed for multi-domain DWDM networks with wavelength conversion. This solution uses mesh topology abstraction schemes to hide domain-internal state. However related inter-domain routing loads can be significant here, growing by the square of the number of border nodes. To address these scalability limitations, improved inter-domain routing update strategies are also proposed and the associated performance of inter-domain lightpath RWA and signaling schemes studied.

第三代DWDM光网络接近实用

在城域网（MAN）和局域网(LAN)中,虽然带宽和网络容量持续地增长,但是在市区内人们仍然面临着严重挑战。在这里,为了提供G比特级带宽和灵活的网络配置,业务提供商不得不采用传统的SONET设备和第二代DWDM设备。基于全光DWDM设备的第三代网络将能够动态地配置和管理网络,为业务提供商提供迫切需要的解决方案。用户对供应速度的要求速度不仅仅指带宽,而且也指提供服务的速度,而且两者都日趋重要。用户所需要的是大容量带宽和及时地提供服务。因此,剩下的问题是谁能够提供和什么时候能够提供这些业务。谁能先提供宽带业务,谁…     

Comparison of failure dependent protection strategies in optical networks

The criticality of survivable network design and operation increases with increasing transmission speed. Path protection strategies achieve better network utilization compared to link protection strategies; however, the recovery time of connections in path protection strategies are higher than that in link protection strategies. This paper evaluates and compares the performance of three failure dependent strategies: (1) failure dependent path protection; (2) link protection; and (3) Diversion—a variant of the segmented path protection approach. In addition, a framework for evaluating the connection recovery time is also developed. The protection strategies are compared for their recovery time and blocking performance using extensive simluations.     

Incorporating mutation probability into priority-aware protection in optical networks

A persisting major challenge for optical network operators is to meet the various availability requirements of the different subscribed services through the deployment of effective protection strategies. Priority-aware shared protection is a promising scheme that has been proposed in the open literature as a potential approach to tackling this challenge. However, the priority-aware protection strategy is rigid in the sense that it privileges the high priority connections regardless of the low priority ones. Hence, this letter proposes to improve priority-aware protection by introducing the mutation probability parameter. This parameter expresses the likelihood that a highpriority connection be relegated temporarily to a lower priority level during recovery. In this way, the mutation-based protection strategy offers optical operators the possibility to increase the availability of their low-priority clients without violating the availability requirements of their high-priority ones. Performance of this novel protection strategy is analyzed in this letter by precisely calculating the connection availabilities resulting from its deployment.     

一种改进的多域光网络保护机制

生存性是保证业务服务质量的关键,多域光网络生存性问题中,由于存在多域间拓扑和路由信息不可见等约束,导致生存性实现较为困难.提出了将多域光网络进行逻辑聚合的思路,在此基础上分别针对域内和域间提出了非等值负载保护和M∶1保护机制.域内的非等值负载保护机制可以根据节点数以及业务量动态地分配保护路径,从而有效地提高资源利用率.     

Failure protection methods for optical meshed-ring communications networks

We study the survivability of a meshed-ring communication network that employs cross-connect switches. For WDM networks, the cross-connect switches are implemented as wavelength routers. Nodes can also provide cross-connection at the ATM VP (virtual path) level. By meshing the ring, the nodal degree of connectivity is increased as compared to a ring topology, and thus more alternative (protection) paths are available. For routing purposes, wavelength subnetworks are embedded in the topology. Nodes communicate with each other across one of the subnetworks to which both belong. We consider two types of subnetwork topologies to simplify the routing in a normal (nonfailure) situation. For each type of subnetwork, different protection methods are proposed to protect against a single link and/or nodal failure. The throughput performance of such meshed-ring networks under failure conditions is clearly superior to that achieved by (SONET) ring networks. We show that certain protection methods even result in lower values of the protection capacity as well as the protection capacity ratio (i.e., the overall capacity used under a failure divided by the total capacity) as compared to ring networks. We also present methods for constructing wavelength subnetworks to achieve single-failure protection using the minimal number of wavelengths.     

Optical metropolitan DWDM networks an overview

The paper deals with the subject of how to build a core network in the current technology scenario. We start with an overview ofwhat we consider a core network, not in an abstract way but referring to real country situations, and pointing out the differentaspects conditioning its realisation – population distribution, territory shape, traffic characteristics. In the next section asummary of different network topologies is presented and briefly analysed – rings, meshes, loosely or tightly interconnected,with particular attention to the resilience aspect in case of faults. The following section is dedicated to a short presentation of thecurrent technology scenario and how it reflects on the network elements (NEs) offered on the market (OXC, OADM, PXC, etc).Finally, the question is posed: “What is the best way to implement a core network?” with the conclusion being that there is nosingle answer – each situation must be pursued on a case-by-case basis. This paper describes some important aspects of next-generation metropolitan networking, with special focus on market driversand applications, upcoming standards like GFP and GMPLS, required functionalities like optical switching and protection, and ageneric view on a next-generation platform.     

Virtual loops in power-equalized transparent DWDM networks

In wavelength-routed DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) networks, more and more DPEs (Dynamic Power Equalizers) are being implemented in optical crossconnects or add-drop multiplexers for the purpose of maintaining uniform power on working wavelengths. However, the resultant power correlation among equalized channels, when provided with appropriate link gain settings and channel routes, may form power-interactive virtual loops on which signals can experience continuous power deterioration, iteration by iteration. This paper illustrates how such virtual loops may be formed, and what can be done to avoid them by properly designing the network. We also explain the QoS (Quality of Service) threat posed by virtual loops that can be deliberately created by malicious attackers to result in a network-scale service disruption. Guidelines on improving the network robustness against such attacks are presented as well.     

Power series-based algorithm for dedicated protection in WDM optical networks

WDM optical networks allow the transmission of multiple services with high rates and low cost. Therefore, the occurrence of a failure in any network element can cause loss of several services. Some survival mechanisms may be used to try to overcome this type of failure event. We present in this paper a new dedicated protection algorithm for link-failure survivability in WDM optical networks, referred to as power series routing-based dedicated protection (PSR-DP) algorithm. PSR-DP is based on the evaluation of the network links’ costs by using a power series expansion. This power series expansion uses input variables based on some relevant information of the network such as link physical length and wavelength availability. Other contribution of this paper is to propose a new input variable based on the wavelength continuity constraint. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared to other well-known algorithms in the literature. We also propose a modification to Suurballe’s algorithm and compare it with our PSR-DP algorithm. Three different topologies are used in our simulations, and statistical analysis is performed on the results of the investigated algorithms. In all simulated cases, PSR-DP algorithm outperformed the other analyzed algorithms.     

负载感知的低开销网络保护机制研究

为提高资源利用率和降低网络阻塞率,提出一种应用于光网络中带有负载感知(LA)的低开销保护机制,充分考虑了网络共享风险链路组(SRLG)的约束条件,建立整数线性规划(ILD)模型对共享通道保护策略与LA技术进行联合优化。仿真表明,与传统机制相比,所提出的机制能够有效地降低网络阻塞以及保护开销,使网络中的流量更加均衡。     

光网络中的一种基于虚拟源的动态多播保护算法

随着各种多播业务的不断出现,如何在网络的光层实现多播业务的可靠性传输已成为光网络研究中的一个热点问题,而多播保护算法是这一问题的核心.目前多播保护算法的研究都是在假设网络所有节点具有多播功能的条件下进行的,然而由于成本的限制,实际光网络往往是一个稀疏多播光网络,即网络中只有部分节点具有多播功能.针对这一问题,提出了一种基于虚拟源的动态多播保护算法.仿真结果表明:该算法不仅能在稀疏多播光网络中满足多播业务可靠传输的要求,还具有较高的网络资源的利用率和较低的时间复杂度.