光组播路由代价与波长使用量的联合优化方法

为解决光组播路由中组播中路由代价和波长资源消耗单一化造成的组播路树路由的代价过高问题,在分光节点约束条件下,提出了光组播路由代价与波长使用量联合优化的长路优先(LPF)方法和短路优先(SPF)方法。算法通过检查最小光组播树是否存在节点分光约束的问题,根据设置的波长使用代价控制因子,使LPF或SPF的路由代价和波长使用量最小。LPF方法首先选择组播树最长路径或新波长通道重路由受分光约束的目的节点,SPF方法先选择组播树中最短路径或新波长通道重路由受分光约束的目的节点,仿真结果表明,本文提出的两种联合优化方法都能实现路由代价较低和波长需求较少的目的。     

改进的遗传模拟退火算法优化光组播网络编码

网络编码可以提高WDM光网络有限数目波长转换器的利用率,但是网络编码操作将增加光域运算开销、复杂度和缓存需求。为了达到光组播容量条件下尽可能减少网络编码的次数,结合遗传算法和基于模拟退火的个体接受策略,提出一种改进的遗传模拟退火算法(GSAA)。算法通过设计一个既能满足最大组播吞吐量又考虑波长连续性约束路由的算法适应度函数实现网络编码次数减少;为保证种群空间中部分染色体可行性,算法在初始种群中加入一部分可行人工染色体;为了提高算法的局部搜索能力和收敛速度,算法在迭代过程中设计了一个局部搜索过程和自适应变异操作。仿真结果表明:改进的GSAA在收敛速度、网络编码次数等方面优于其它遗传算法。     

基于超图模型的多域ASON损伤感知组播路由算法

如何在缺乏全局信息的条件下构建安全可靠的组 播树,是智能光网络分域管理后引入的一个新问 题。针对此问题,通过建立新型的多域智能光网络超图模型,在考虑物理或攻击损伤的约束 条件下,利用 基于超路径的域间超树构建方法,结合K最短路径策略,提出了 一种基于超图模型的多域ASON损伤感知 组播路由算法,并进行了实例分析。本文算法在完成多域组播路由建立与波长分配的同时, 具有较低的时间复杂度。通过测量K值、组播规 模、波长数量及分配策略、域数量对网络平均连接阻塞率的影响,实验结果表明,本文算法 是有效的且取得了较好的阻塞性能,同时建议多域ASON组播规模大小应与域的数量保持一 定的比例均衡。     

共享有限范围多波长和全单波长转换器的光组播冲突解决方案

研究了一种有限范围多波长转换器(LMWC)反馈共享连接和全单波长转换器(FRWC)输出共享连接相结合的解决全光组播波长资源竞争的解决方案,并提出有限范围多波长转换器优先的波长变换调度算法,以最大双向匹配最小边长权重方法选择多波长转换器解决冲突光组播波长变换。仿真结果表明:所提的结构与输出共享全多波长转换器(FMWC)节点结构或输出共享FRWC节点结构相比,都能够明显降低光组播节点的分组丢包率(PLP),减少系统需求LM-WC多波长转换器的数目,提高多波长转换器的利用率;LMWC具有不同波长转换范围对光分组冲突解决性能也有影响。     

基于SRLG不相关的共享通路保护算法

网络的生存性技术是WDM光网络中的关键技术之一.在共享风险链路组(SRLG)的约束下,综合考虑了备选路由集合和波长层次的策略,提出了一种共享通路保护算法,对该算法进行了仿真研究,并对仿真结果进行了分析.     

基于灰狼算法的无线网络组播路由优化

针对无线网络中资源受限的组播路由问题,考虑网络节点的节点度限制和网络链路的带宽约束,以最小化组播路由开销为目标,提出了一种二进制编码方式的基于灰狼优化算法的组播路由策略.在给定的网络拓扑下,基于灰狼优化算法的组播路由策略可以迅速找到一棵包含源和目的节点的最小开销组播树.仿真结果表明,相比于遗传算法,所提出的基于灰狼优化算法的组播路由策略可以得到一棵开销更小的组播树,并且在相同的时间复杂下具有更强的算法稳定性.     

下一代网络中基于遗传算法的QoS组播路由算法

向用户提供多媒体业务是下一代网络业务最基本、最重要的要求,QoS组播路由技术是网络多媒体信息传输的核心技术之一。该文给出了支持QoS组播的网络模型,对已有的QoS组播路由算法进行了优化,提出了适用于下一代网络的基于遗传算法的QoS组播路由算法。仿真实验表明,这种算法收敛速度快,可靠性高,能够很好地满足下一代网络QoS组播的需求。     

QoS组播路由的启发式遗传算法

本文首先提出带宽延时约束、费用最小QoS组播路由模型,然后提出解决QoS组播路由问题的一种启发式遗传算法,该算法有以下特点:(1)预处理机制;(2)树结构编码;(3)启发式交叉策略;(4)指导性变异过程.最后通过仿真实验证明该算法快速有效.     

WDM光网络广义无阻塞组播通信

文章讨论了一系列典型拓扑 (线阵列、环和网格 )WDM光网络的组播通信 ,并在常规路由算法下 ,导出了WDM网广义无阻塞组播通信时需求最小波长数的充要条件     

一种组播路由算法

随着组播业务的急剧增多,组播技术(Multicast)日益重要.在组播技术中组播路由算法是一项关键技术.主要介绍了两种组播路由算法,一种是适用于任意网络拓扑的启发式路由算法(RST),另一种是基于Mesh网络拓扑的启发式路由算法.     

Multicast wavelength assignment with sparse wavelength converters to maximize the network capacity using ILP formulation in WDM mesh networks

In general, multicast routing and wavelength assignment (MC-RWA) can be subdivided in routing and wavelength assignment issues in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) mesh networks. Previous studies on WDM multicast have mainly focused on WDM multicast routing. The multicast wavelength assignment problem is studied in this paper. A unicast routing path can be established by a lightpath in an all-optical network. However, in the multicasting case, a multicast routing tree can be established by a single light-tree or several lightpaths, or a combination of several light-trees and lightpaths. We propose a wavelength assignment algorithm for finding an optimal combination of lightpaths and light-trees to construct a newly required multicast session. First of all, two cost functions are given to evaluate the establishing cost for each feasible wavelength, and then find a set of wavelengths that covers all destinations with the minimal cost using Integer Linear Programming (ILP) formulation. We focus on maximizing the total number of users served in a multicast session and the network capacity. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can improve system resource utilization and reduce the blocking probability compared with the First-Fit algorithm.This research was partially supported by the Grant of National Science Council, R.O.C. (NSC 94-2745-E-155-007-URD).     

On Multicast Routing for Wavelength-Routed WDM Networks with Dynamic Membership

Future broadband networks must support integrated services and offer flexible bandwidth usage. In our previous work in [1], we explored the optical link control (OLC) layer on the top of optical layer that enables the possibility of bandwidth on-demand (BoD) service directly over wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks. Today, more and more applications and services such as video-conferencing software and Virtual LAN service require multicast support over the underlying networks. Currently, it is difficult to provide wavelength multicast over optical switches without optical/electronic conversions although the conversion takes extra cost. In this paper, based on the proposed wavelength router architecture (equipped with ATM switches to offer O/E and E/O conversions when necessary), a dynamic multicast routing algorithm is proposed to furnish multicast services over WDM networks. The goal is to join a new group member into the multicast tree so that the cost, including the link cost and the optical/electronic conversion cost, is kept as low as possible. The same algorithm can be applied to other wavelength routing architectures with redefinition of electronic copy cost. The effectiveness of the proposed wavelength router architecture as well as the dynamic multicast algorithm is evaluated by simulation.     

Virtual-node-based multicast routing and wavelength assignment in sparse-splitting optical networks

This paper investigates several problems associated with optical multicast routing and wavelength assignment in sparse-splitting optical networks for interactive real-time media distribution. Unfortunately, the constrained multicast routing with optimized wavelength assignment leads to NP-complete condition. Thus, in this paper, a virtual-node-based multicast routing algorithm is first proposed to satisfy the requirements of interactive real-time multicasting as well as the constraints from underlying optical networks. For the constructed multicast tree, we then associate an effective wavelength assignment algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm combination performs well in terms of (1) the wavelength channel cost, (2) the maximum variation of inter-destination node delays, (3) the signal quality, and (4) the number of wavelength conversions.     

Performance assessment of multicast node placement for multicast routing in WDM networks with sparse light splitting

This article examines all-optical multicast routing for wavelength-routed optical networks with sparse Multicast Capable (MC) nodes in two phases. The first phase is MC node placement and use of a simple and straightforward Maximum Path Count First (MPCF) algorithm to obtain candidates for MC nodes. The second phase is multicast routing with MC-based schemes that minimizes the number of wavelength channels with minimum transmission delay as required by a given multicast session, in that a light-tree is first constructed to connect MC nodes in a multicast group by using two algorithms, namely, the Pre-computing Minimum Cost (PMC) tree algorithm and the Pre-computing Shortest Path (PSP) tree algorithm. System performance of the proposed MPCF MC node placement algorithm is compared with that of the Normalized Cuts (NC) MC node placement algorithm for both PMC and PSP multicast routing. Furthermore, simulation results compare PMC and PSP multicast routing based on MPCF and NC node placement with Re-route-to-Source (RTS), Re-route-to-Any (RTA), Member-First (MF), and Member-Only (MO) multicast routing based on a light forest for a given multicast session in terms of average number of wavelengths needed, average blocking probability, and mean maximum transmission delay.

Avoidance of multicast incapable branching nodes for multicast routing in WDM networks

In this article we study the multicast routing problem in all-optical WDM networks under the spare light splitting constraint. To implement a multicast session, several light-trees may have to be used due to the limited fanouts of network nodes. Although many multicast routing algorithms have been proposed in order to reduce the total number of wavelength channels used (total cost) for a multicast session, the maximum number of wavelengths required in one fiber link (link stress) and the end-to-end delay are two parameters which are not always taken into consideration. It is known that the shortest path tree (SPT) results in the optimal end-to-end delay, but it can not be employed directly for multicast routing in sparse light splitting WDM networks. Hence, we propose a novel wavelength routing algorithm which tries to avoid the multicast incapable branching nodes (MIBs, branching nodes without splitting capability) in the shortest-path-based multicast tree to diminish the link stress. Good parts of the shortest-path-tree are retained by the algorithm to reduce the end-to-end delay. The algorithm consists of tree steps: (1) a DijkstraPro algorithm with priority assignment and node adoption is introduced to produce a SPT with up to 38% fewer MIB nodes in the NSF topology and 46% fewer MIB nodes in the USA Longhaul topology, (2) critical articulation and deepest branch heuristics are used to process the MIB nodes, (3) a distance-based light-tree reconnection algorithm is proposed to create the multicast light-trees. Extensive simulations demonstrate the algorithm’s efficiency in terms of link stress and end-to-end delay.     

Efficient routing and wavelength assignment for multicast in WDMnetworks

The next generation multimedia applications such as video conferencing and HDTV have raised tremendous challenges on the network design, both in bandwidth and service. As wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) networks have emerged as a promising candidate for future networks with large bandwidth, supporting efficient multicast in WDM networks becomes eminent. Different from the IP layer, the cost of multicast at the WDM layer involves not only bandwidth (wavelength) cost, but also wavelength conversion cost and light splitting cost. It is well known that the optimal multicast problem in WDM networks is NP-hard. In this paper, we develop an efficient approximation algorithm consisting of two separate but integrated steps: multicast routing and wavelength assignment. We prove that the problem of optimal wavelength assignment on a multicast tree is not NP-hard; in fact, an optimal wavelength assignment algorithm with complexity of O(NW) is presented. Simulation results have revealed that the optimal wavelength assignment beats greedy algorithms by a large margin in networks using many wavelengths on each link such as dense wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) networks. Our proposed heuristic multicast routing algorithm takes into account both the cost of using wavelength on links and the cost of wavelength conversion. The resulting multicast tree is derived from the optimal lightpaths used for unicast     

Optimization of wavelength assignment for QoS multicast in WDMnetworks

This paper discusses quality-of-service (QoS) multicast in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks. Given a set of QoS multicast requests, we are to find a set of cost suboptimal QoS routing trees and assign wavelengths to them. The objective is to minimize the number of wavelengths in the system. This is a challenging issue. It involves not only optimal QoS multicast routing, but also optimal wavelength assignment. Existing methods consider channel setup in WDM networks in two separate steps: routing and wavelength assignment, which has limited power in minimizing the number of wavelengths. In this paper, we propose a new optimization method, which integrates routing and wavelength assignment in optimization of wavelengths. Two optimization algorithms are also proposed in minimizing the number of wavelengths. One algorithm minimizes the number of wavelengths through reducing the maximal link load in the system; while the other does it by trying to free out the least used wavelengths. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithms can produce suboptimal QoS routing trees and substantially save the number of wavelengths