Multicast protection scheme in survivable WDM optical networks

The protection design is a key issue in survivable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. Most researches focused on protecting unicast traffic against the failure of a single network component such as a link or a node. In this paper, we investigate the protection scheme for multicast traffic in meshed WDM optical networks under dual-link failure consideration, and propose a novel protection algorithm called shared segment protection with reprovisioning (SSPR). Through dynamically adjusting link-cost according to the current network state, SSPR establishes a primary light-tree and corresponding link-disjoint backup segments for each multicast connection request. A backup segment can efficiently share wavelength capacity of its working tree or the common resource of other backup segments. Capacity reprovisioning establishes new segments for the vulnerable connections after a link failure and tolerates following link failures. The simulation results show that SSPR not only can make good use of wavelength resources and protect multicast sessions against any single-link failure, but also can greatly improve the traffic restorability in the event of dual-link breakdown.     

Heuristic algorithms for designing self-repairing protection trees in mesh networks

Protection trees have been used in the past for restoring multicast and unicast traffic in networks in various failure scenarios. In this paper we focus on shared self-repairing trees for link protection in unicast mesh networks. Shared protection trees have been proposed as a relatively simple approach that is easy to reconfigure and could provide sub-second restoration times with sub-optimal redundancy requirement. The self-repairing nature of this class of protection trees may make them an attractive option for cases where dynamic changes in network topology or demand may occur. In this paper, we present heuristic algorithms to design a self-repairing protection tree for a given network. We study the restorability performance of shared trees and examine the limitations of such schemes in specific topologies, such as cases where long node chains exist. Using extensive simulations with thousands of randomly generated network graphs. We compare redundancy and average backup path length of shared protection trees with optimal tree designs and non-tree designs. We also apply our algorithms to the problem of designing the protection tree in a pre-designed fixed-capacity network, and study the performance of shared protection trees in this scenario under different network loads and link utilization levels.     

Protecting multicast services in optical internet backbones

Many applications in the future Internet will use the multicasting service mode. Since many of these applications will generate large amounts of traffic, and since users expect a high level of service availability, it is important to provision multicasting sessions in the future Internet while also providing protection for multicast sessions against network component failures. In this paper we address the multicast survivability problem of using minimum resources to provision a multicast session and its protection paths (trees) against any single-link failure. We propose a new, and a resource efficient, protection scheme, namely, Segment-based Protection Tree (SPT). In SPT scheme, a given multicast session is first provisioned as a primary multicast tree, and then each segment on the primary tree is protected by a multicast tree instead of a path, as in most existing approaches. We also analyze the recovery performance of SPT and design a reconfiguration calculation algorithm to compute the average number of reconfigurations upon any link failure. By extending SPT to address dynamic traffic scenarios, we also propose two heuristic algorithms, Cost-based SPT (CB_SPT) and Wavelength-based SPT (WB_SPT). We study the performance of the SPT scheme in different traffic scenarios. The numerical results show that SPT outperforms the best existing approaches, optimal path-pair-based shared disjoint paths (OPP_SDPs). SPT uses less than 10% extra resources to provision a survivable multicast session over the optimal solution and up to 4% lower than existing approaches under various traffic scenarios and has an average number of reconfigurations 10–86% less than the best cost efficient approach. Moreover, in dynamic traffic cases, both CB_SPT and WB_SPT achieves overall blocking probability with 20% lower than OPP_SDP in most network scenarios.     

Comparison of recovery schemes to maximize restorable throughput in multicast networks

Multicast networks have many applications especially in real-time content delivery systems. For high-quality services, users do not expect to witness any interruption; thus, network link failure has to be handled gracefully. In unicast networks there are many approaches for dealing with link failures using backup paths. Recently, Cohen and Nakibly categorized these methods, provided linear programming formulations for optimizing network throughput under the assumption that the paths are splitable, and compared them experimentally. In this work, we take their approach and apply to the multicast failure recovery problem. We propose backup bandwidth allocation algorithms based on linear programs to maximize the throughput, and perform an experimental study on the performance of recovery schemes. We study many recovery schemes in multicast networks and propose a new recovery scheme that performs better than all other recovery scheme except the one that recomputed the whole multicast tree from scratch for each link failure.     

基于rLFA技术的性能优化及重路由选择算法研究

为进一步提高网络单故障快速恢复能力,基于改进的Remote Loop-Free Alternates(rLFA)重路由技术,提出一种采用混沌粒子群并考虑网络物理传输代价和拥塞代价的重路由选择算法.首先基于rLFA的隧道建立方法对其进行改进,结合引入隧道技术的链路增补方法来实现故障全覆盖,通过设置权重因子来保证在不同业务量下的重路由选择针对性.实验表明,改进的rLFA能进一步提高网络单故障覆盖率,同时结合链路增补方法在保证故障完全覆盖的情况下能够大幅度减少链路增补数量;路由选择算法能够动态选择不同业务量下的重路由路径,在提高网络单故障环境下的传输效率的同时也实现了负载均衡.     

基于重构SPT的单链路故障路由保护方法

为了减少故障对网络运行带来的影响,提出了一种基于重构SPT的单链路故障路由保护算法SLFRPRSPT。该算法在最短路径树SPT的基础上实现,通过制定一系列定义和规则,对SPT进行重构,搜索节点关系发生改变的节点,为每个节点计算最佳备份下一跳节点,从而达到提高路由可用性的目的。经过实验验证,其在网络拓扑中故障保护率可以达到1,并且具有较低的路径拉伸度,可以有效避免单链路故障带来的影响。该方案支持增量部署和逐跳转发,便于实现。     

网络可存活生成树的快速恢复算法

如何应对网络链接失效是具有挑战性的问题之一,通常采用包含两棵生成树的可存活连接来预防链接失效。由于网络数据传输速率的高速增长,当两棵生成树的共享链接失效时,可存活连接中的生成树将全部失效。针对可存活连接中共享链接的失效提出了一种快速恢复算法,该算法通过搜索失效链接的可替换链接集,将失效概率最小的链接加入原可存活连接中的生成树,生成新的可存活连接。实验结果表明,该算法能够在显著降低恢复时间和时间复杂度的情形下,同时保证可存活连接的存活度接近当前网络的最优存活度。当网络节点数在10～100变化时,提出的算法比现有算法在恢复时间上的平均优化高达34.42%,同时在存活度上的误差不超过1%。     

基于MPLS的按需分枝组播方法

提出一种新的基于MPLS的组播方法--按需分枝组播方法.该方法采用一种全新的组播树维护方式,即组播树上只有分枝节点处的路由器和本地链路上有组成员的路由器需要保存组播树的有关信息,并参加组播树的维护过程,组播树上的其它路由器只是以普通单播的路由方式组播数据包,无须维护组播树的任何信息.网络仿真实验和与其它算法性能比较分析表明,该方法可有效地提高IP组播的可量测性和减少转发状态.     

软件定义卫星网络的链路故障检测和恢复方案

针对具有星间链路的卫星网络,提出了一种软件定义卫星网络架构下的链路故障检测和恢复方案。首先基于软件定义卫星网络架构设计了一种主动上报式故障检测机制,并设计了链路故障检测算法,实现对卫星网络中链路故障的快速发现和准确定位。在此基础上,提出了一种保护加恢复式故障恢复机制来快速恢复因故障导致的业务中断。最后在原型系统中对该方案进行了验证。实验结果表明,该方案可以在毫秒级的时间内快速检测并准确定位到链路故障,并可以在10±2ms的时间内对故障进行快速恢复。同时,该方案可适用于多种卫星网络拓扑。     

A subtree-based approach to failure detection and protection for multicast in SDN

Software-defined networking (SDN) has received tremendous attention from both industry and academia. The centralized control plane in SDN has a global view of the network and can be used to provide more effective solutions for complex problems, such as traffic engineering. This study is motivated by recent advancement in SDN and increasing popularity of multicasting applications. We propose a technique to increase the resiliency of multicasting in SDN based on the subtree protection mechanism. Multicasting is a group communication technology, which uses the network infrastructure efficiently by sending the data only once from one or multiple sources to a group of receivers that share a common path. Multicasting applications, e.g., live video streaming and video conferencing, become popular, but they are delay-sensitive applications. Failures in an ongoing multicast session can cause packet losses and delay, which can significantly affect quality of service (QoS). In this study, we adapt a subtree-based technique to protect a multicast tree constructed for OpenFlow switches in SDN. The proposed algorithm can detect link or node failures from a multicast tree and then determines which part of the multicast tree requires changes in the flow table to recover from the failure. With a centralized controller in SDN, the backup paths can be created much more effectively in comparison to the signaling approach used in traditional multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) networks for backup paths, which makes the subtree-based protection mechanism feasible. We also implement a prototype of the algorithm in the POX controller and measure its performance by emulating failures in different tree topologies in Mininet.     

支持自愈恢复的WMPLS自组网组播协议

基于无线多协议标签交换（WMPLS）协议体系,结合无线移动自组网的特点,提出一种支持自愈恢复的WMPLS信令建立标签交换路径的自组网组播协议RA—WMPLS。该协议基于LDP信令协议做了组播扩展,使用LDP消息进行组播树的建立和维护,并建立LSP自愈恢复机制,既实现组播的功能,又能够快速恢复中断的链路,提高网络的性能。通过构建AdHoc网络仿真模型,仿真对比RA—WMPLS和ODMRP路由协议的性能,并验证了自愈恢复特性。     

一种基于稳定簇的混合路由协议CBHRP

移动算组网是一种没有有线基础结构支持的移动网络,具有带宽有限和拓扑结构易变的特点。这些特点使得设计一个合适的路由协议具有一定的挑战性。该文针对移动自组网提出了一种基于稳定簇结构、按需路由和预先路由混合、支持单播和组播通信的路由协议CBHRP。CBHRP具有路由控制开销小、主机移动对拓扑结构改变的影响小、通信的初始延迟低和应用范围广的特点。     

多组共享式应用层组播算法

利用单播传输路径的重叠特性所构建的叠加组播树可以部分模拟IP层的有源组播,而单组会话中成员主机在网络中分布的不足可以通过多组会话中的主机来弥补。该文根据这一特点提出了一种基于多组会话成员共享的应用层组播算法,该方法采用了源主机和接收主机之间的单播传输路径和多组协作机制,为每个组播源建立单独的组播树。通过模型分析,该文算法所构建的组播树可以比单组会话计算方法获得较大优势的链路利用率。     

A New Fast Backup Method for Bidirectional Multicast Traffic in MPLS Networks: Control Plane Procedures and Evaluation by Simulations

Bidirectional multicast mechanisms are used to support multi-point to multi-point (MP2MP) traffic such as video-conferencing. These mechanisms are deployed today in multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) networks using the connectionless mode in which traffic engineering (TE) features such as bandwidth reservation and fast reroute in case of link and/or node failure are not defined. Indeed, TE procedures are defined in MPLS for unicast and multicast point-to-multipoint (P2MP) traffic only. Hence, MP2MP traffic that requires TE procedures is carried out using a full mesh of P2P or P2MP paths. Similarly, a full mesh of P2P and P2MP backup paths should be predefined in order to fast reroute traffic in case of a node failure. This leads to a major scalability problem since MPLS TE paths incur heavy overhead burden on MPLS nodes (CPU and memory). In this paper, we emphasize on fast reroute procedures using MP2MP TE paths. In particular, we define the control plane procedures that should be established. In addition, we present a simulation study that demonstrates the scalability amelioration when using MP2MP TE paths for fast rerouting instead of full mesh P2P and/or P2MP paths.     

Multicast in Wormhole-Switched Torus Networks Using Edge-Disjoint Spanning Trees

A tree-based multicast algorithm for wormhole-switched networks which makes use of multiple edge-disjoint spanning trees is presented. The disjoint spanning-tree multicast, or DSTM, algorithm provides deadlock-free multicast routing that is fully compatible with unicast. The application of the DSTM algorithm to 2-dimensional torus networks is considered. A family of constructions of two spanning trees in the torus is given along with a formal proof of their edge-disjointness. Two constructions from this family are selected and shown to produce diameters no greater than twice that of the torus. Flit-level simulation results are presented to show that DSTM outperforms the best single spanning tree multicast approach by up to a factor of two. The DSTM algorithm is also simulated for different spanning tree constructions. The results show that our novel tree construction is significantly better for multicast than those produced by a general tree construction method that applies to arbitrary-topology networks (J. Roskind and R. Tarjan, Math. Oper. Res.10 (Nov. 1985), 701–708). Finally, two approaches to providing single link fault tolerance with DSTM are presented and evaluated.     

Loop-free alternates and not-via addresses: A proper combination for IP fast reroute?

The IETF currently discusses fast reroute mechanisms for IP networks (IP FRR). IP FRR accelerates the recovery in case of network element failures and avoids micro-loops during re-convergence. Several mechanisms are proposed. Loop-free alternates (LFAs) are simple but cannot cover all single link and node failures. Not-via addresses can protect against these failures but are more complex, in particular, they use tunneling techniques to deviate backup traffic. In the IETF it has been proposed to combine both mechanisms to merge their advantages: simplicity and full failure coverage.This work analyzes LFAs and classifies them according to their abilities. We qualitatively compare LFAs and not-via addresses and develop a concept for their combined application to achieve 100% single failure coverage, while using simple LFAs wherever possible. The applicability of existing LFAs depends on the resilience requirements of the network. We study the backup path length and the link utilization for both IP FRR methods and quantify the decapsulation load and the increase of the routing table size caused by not-via addresses. We conclude that the combined usage of both methods has no advantage compared to the application of not-via addresses only.     

全部到全部组播的核管理机制及其算法研究

组播是因特网上的重要应用和具有挑战性的研究问题,现在大多数已有的组播算法是基于有源树的,存在带宽利用率和传输效率问题.有核组播是在网络中选取一个核节点,并以它作为根来建立一棵连接组播组中所有成员节点的单一共享树,而不是为每个源节点建立一棵组播树,这是一种有效的方法,由于核节点选择的不同将导致组播树的不同,核节点实际上决定着有核组播的性能,因此,核选择及核迁移是有核组播里的两个重要问题,针对全部到全部的组播模型,先给出了一个以总代价最优为目标的核选择完全算法,该算法复杂度较低;然后针对实时应用设计了两个核选择近似算法,并分析了它们的近似比;最后提出了一种可扩放的核迁移算法,该算法中的树代价估算机制为核节点的迁移时机提供了一个可信的评价标准.     

A QoS Multicast Routing Algorithm Working with Imprecise State Information

In large networks, maintaining precise global network state information is almost impossible. Many factors, including non-negligible propagation delay, infiequent link state update due to overhead concerns, link state update policy, and hierarchical topology aggregation, have impacts on the precision of the network state information. The existing QoS multicast routing algorithms do not provide satisfactory performance with imprecise state information. In this paper, we propose a distributed QoS multicast routing scheme based on traffic lights, called QMRI algorithm, which can probe multiple feasible tree branches, and select the optimal or near-optimal branch through the UR or TL mode for constructing a multicast tree with QoS guarantees if it exists. The proposed algorithm considers not only the QoS requirements but also the cost optimality of the multicast tree. Extensive simulations show that our algorithm achieves high call-admission ratio and low-cost multicast trees with modest message overhead. The algorithm can tolerate high degree of state information imprecision.     

基于拥塞及内存感知的SD-WAN故障恢复

在软件定义广域网(SD-WAN)中, 链路故障会导致大量丢包, 严重时会引起部分网络瘫痪. 现有的流量工程方法通过在数据平面提前安装备份路径能够加快故障恢复过程, 但在资源受限的情况下难以适应各种网络故障情况, 从而使恢复后的网络性能下降. 为了保证网络在故障恢复之后的性能并减少备份资源的消耗, 本文提出一种基于拥塞及内存感知的主动式故障恢复方案(CAMA), 不仅能够将受影响数据流进行快速重定向, 还能实现负载均衡避免恢复后潜在的链路拥塞. 实验结果表明, 与已有方案相比, CAMA能有效利用备份资源, 在负载均衡上有较好的性能, 且仅需少量备份规则即可覆盖所有单链路故障情况.