Priority-based Dynamic Lightpath Allocation for Survivable WDM Networks

In recent years, there has been considerable research interest in the design of survivable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. Many papers have proposed mixed-integer linear program (MILP) formulations as well as heuristics to optimally allocate lightpaths, using protection based schemes. Such schemes provide quick and guaranteed recovery, but do not use resources efficiently. About 50% of allocated resources remain idle, under fault-free conditions. If these “idle” resources were used for low-priority connections (which could be pre-empted if necessary), the resource utilization would improve significantly. This paper introduces two MILP formulations for priority-based dynamic lightpath allocation in survivable WDM networks. We define three different levels of service and allocate resources based on the requested service level. An important advantage of our approach is that while we can handle multiple levels of service, the traditional (single level) shared and dedicated path protection schemes can be treated simply as a special case of the proposed formulations. The first formulation solves the problem optimally, but is quite time consuming. The second formulation makes some simplifications, and is more efficient. The results demonstrate that our approach can significantly improve resource utilization and is feasible for practical sized networks, particularly under low- to medium-traffic load. For large networks and high traffic conditions, simpler heurtistic algorithms are more appropriate. In such cases, the proposed MILP formulation can be a useful tool to validate the performance of the heuristics.     

Sparse Wavelength Conversion in Wavelength-Routed WDM Optical Networks*

A wavelength-routed optical network can suffer inefficiencies due to the wavelength-continuity constraint (under which a signal has to remain on the same wavelength from the source to the destination). In order to eliminate or reduce the effects of this constraint, a device called a wavelength converter may be utilized. Due to the high cost of these wavelength converters, many studies have attempted to determine the exact benefits of wavelength conversion. However, most of these studies have focused on optical networks that implement full wavelength conversion capabilities. An alternative to full wavelength conversion is to employ only a sparse number of wavelength converters throughout the network, thereby reducing network costs. This study will focus on different versions of sparse wavelength conversion--namely, sparse nodal conversion, sparse switch-output conversion, and sparse (or limited) range conversion--to determine if most of the benefits of full conversion can be obtained using only sparse conversion. Simulation and analytical results on these three different classes of sparse wavelength conversion will be presented. In addition, this study will present heuristic techniques for the placement of sparse conversion facilities within an optical network.     

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.     

多光纤波分复用网动态路由和波长分配算法

本文研究了多光纤波分复用光互连网的动态路由和波长分配问题,提出了基于分层图模型的两种动态路由算法,LG-1和LG-2.这两种算法将路由和波长分配问题转换为如何在分层图中支持尽可能多的光路.这使得设计者可以同时考虑路由和波长分配子问题,从而取得了更好的效果.计算机仿真表明基于分层图的算法大大优于传统的固定路由和动态路由算法.     

Connection Management Protocols for Dynamic Lightpath Provisioning in Future WDM Networks

This paper investigates and compares the performance of two GMPLS-based distributed control and management protocols for dynamic lightpath provisioning in future IP networks. The first protocol is a global information-based link state approach that consists of both an integrated RWA algorithm and a signaling algorithm. Two triggering mechanisms for the LSAs update procedures are considered; one is periodic-based and the other is threshold-based. The second protocol is a local-information based fixed alternate link routing approach where the signaling protocol is closely integrated with the RWA protocols.     

An Ant-Based Approach for Dynamic RWA in Optical WDM Networks

In this paper, we propose a new ant-based algorithm for the dynamic routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) problem in optical WDM networks under the wavelength continuity constraint. Unlike conventional approaches, which usually require centralized global network information, our new RWA algorithm constructs the routing solution in a distributed manner by means of cooperative ants. To facilitate the ants’ foraging task, we adopt in our algorithm a probabilistic routing table structure for route selection. The new algorithm is highly adaptive in that it always keeps a suitable number of ants in the network to cooperatively explore the network states and continuously update the routing tables, so that the route for a connection request can be determined promptly by the current states of routing tables with only a small setup delay. Some new schemes for path scoring and path searching are also proposed to enhance the performance of our ant-based algorithm. Extensive simulation results upon three typical network topologies indicate that the proposed algorithm has a very good adaptability to traffic variations and it outperforms both the fixed routing algorithm and the promising fixed–alternate routing algorithm in terms of blocking probability. The ability to guarantee both a low blocking probability and a small setup delay makes the new ant-based routing algorithm very attractive for both the optical circuit switching networks and future optical burst switching networks     

WDM光网络的保护和恢复技术

文章概述了IP、SDH和WDM层网络的生存性技术,重点介绍了光传送网的光层生存性技术与光网络恢复技术,还对故障定位、多层生存性机制的协调等问题进行了简单介绍,最后给出了一个业务配置RWA算法与恢复RWA算法的实际方案。     

一种稀疏分光配置约束下的WDM网络多播RWA算法

在波长路由WDM网络中,波长路由和波长分配是RWA算法提高光网络阻塞性能的两个重要阶段和关键技术。文章针对现有的稀疏分光配置约束下的光网络多播RWA算法复杂度高、代价高的问题,提出了一种新的稀疏分光器配置的RWA多播算法。该算法摒弃传统RWA算法在波长路由阶段就考虑稀疏分光约束能力的惯性思维,论文首次提出在波长分配阶段,才通过多播长转换器实现满足稀疏分光约束条件的分光能力传递。仿真结果表明,所提算法在平均代价和所需波长数目方面都获得了较优的性能。     

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.     

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。     

备用路由下一种新的WDM动态路由波长分配算法

基于波长转换度的空闲波长图模型,提出了一种用于WDM光网络在备选路由下的动态RWA算法。路由选择采用K条最短路径算法进行,备选路由集中首选最佳路由时考虑链路的代价、跳数和每一个链路上不可用波长数。通过计算机模拟,分析这3个参数对网络的阻塞率的影响,结果表明本算法中所选定研究的3个参数中选定路由的不可用波长数对网络阻塞率的影响程度比通道的代价,跳数对网络的影响程度大,这个结论对算法中这3个参数数值的选取提供了依据,使算法能够依据实际网络情况动态选取参数,降低网络阻塞率。     

Topological Design and Lightpath Routing in WDM Mesh Networks: A Combined Approach

Multicommodity flow models are commonly used to formulate the logical topology design (LTD) problem and the lightpath routing (LR) problem as mixed integer linear programming (MILP) problems. In general, MILP formulations are intractable even for relatively small networks due to the combinatorial complexity of the problem. In this paper we propose improvements to these models and a method to solve the LTD and the LR problems in a combined manner. The interest is two fold: firstly, by tackling the two problems with separate models, problem instances of realistic size (up to 14 nodes in this paper) can be dealt with. Furthermore, different combinations of optimization models and objective functions can be investigated in a modular manner. Secondly, the mechanisms proposed to combine the problems allow to keep track of the global design problem when solving each individual step.     

基于GMPLS的动态分布式WDM网状网路由选择算法研究

研究了在基于GMPLS的WDM网络中,当节点不具备波长变换能力并且配备有限个光收发器对时,如何为到达的业务请求建立标记交换路径(LSP)的问题。提出一种以跳数和带宽碎片要求为权重,合理分配带宽资源的新算法。仿真结果表明,该算法在保证用户业务可靠性要求的同时,能够更有效地提高全网资源的利用率,并大大降低网络阻塞的可能性。     

WDM光网络多跳业务量疏导算法

针对具有多跳疏导能力的WDM光网络进行了研究,提出了一种基于固定备选路由的多跳业务量疏导算法（FO-HC-MH）。该算法对备选路由的跳数进行限制,因而可以节约使用网络的收发器资源。仿真实验表明,与FO-MH算法相比,在网络负载较低的情况下该算法节约效果明显。     

A Novel Fast Multicast Algorithm with Enhanced Survivability in WDM Optical Networks

WDM optical networking technology is expected to facilitate bandwidth-intensive multicast application by establishing a light-tree which regards the source node as the root and all the destination nodes as the leaves. However, the existing multicast routing algorithms are time-consuming and the generated light-trees are very sensitive to failures, e.g., a single fiber cut can disrupt the information from transmitting to several terminals. In this paper, we propose a novel fast multicast algorithm with enhanced survivability (FMES), which applies a two-stage multicast routing approach, and employs a path protection scheme for each segment of the first stage tree. Analysis and experimental results show that FMES has the significant advantage of a much shorter running time than that in existing schemes, and this advantage can be enlarged in the distributed routing and signaling system of the coming intelligent optical networks. We also compare FMES with non-protection and full-protection schemes. It shows that the FMES scheme achieves the best trade-off between network survivability and resource-utilization. We illustrate our study with numerical experiments based on the real-life ChinaNet topology.     

多光纤波分复用网的一种新的备用路由算法

基于经典的LLR算法,研究了波分复用光网络的路由问题,提出了一种用于多光纤网的新算法—LLHR,该算法综合考虑了链路负载和路由跳数两个因素。文章深入研究了网络光纤数、备用路由数和网络负载对算法性能的影响。计算机仿真结果表明,与LLR算法相比,该算法能有效降低网络的阻塞率,提高网络的性能。     

一种波分复用全光网波长分配算法

研究了动态业务下 ,无波长变换的波分复用全光网采用固定选路时的波长分配问题 ,提出了一种中心式的波长分配算法—最小影响算法。该算法能精确地描述某个波长的分配对全网状态的影响 ,因而能够更有效地使用网络资源。计算机仿真表明 ,如果用阻塞概率来衡量 ,该波长分配算法优于文献中已有的典型算法     

WDM光网络中一种备用路由下支持优先级的波长分配算法

研究了WDM光网络中的动态业务下的波长分配问题,在无波长转换器的条件下提出了一种改进的动态门限算法.该算法不仅能保证高优先级请求有较低的阻塞率,同时还能优化低优先级请求的阻塞率,从而改善全网的平均阻塞率.此外,该算法利用负载均衡算法,能更加精确地描述波长分配对全网状态的影响,从而更加有效地利用了网络资源.计算机仿真结果证明了该算法的有效性.     

Routing Mechanisms Employing Adaptive Weight Functions for Shortest Path Routing in Optical WDM Networks

Optical dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) networks are an attractive candidate for the next generation Internet and beyond. In this paper, we consider routing and wavelength assignment in a wide area wavelength routed backbone network that employs circuit-switching. When a session request is received by the network, the routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) task is to establish a lightpath between the source and destination. That is, determine a suitable path and assign a set of wavelengths for the links on this path. We consider a link state protocol approach and use Dijkstras shortest path algorithm, suitably modified for DWDM networks, for computing the shortest paths. In [1] we proposed WDM aware weight functions that included factors such as available wavelengths per link, total wavelengths per link. In this paper, we present new weight functions that exploit the strong correlation between blocking probability and number of hops involved in connection setup to increase the performance of the network. We also consider alternate path routing that computes the alternate paths based on WDM aware weight functions. The impact of the weight functions on the blocking probability and delay is studied through discrete event simulation. The system parameters varied include number of network nodes, wavelengths, degree of wavelength conversion, and load. The results show that the weight function that incorporates both hop count and available wavelength provides the best performance in terms of blocking probability.     

QoS-Friendly Wavelength Assignment in Dynamic Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks

In-band crosstalk has been widely considered as a major transmission impairment that significantly impacts the bit error rate (BER) performance of lightpaths in circuit-switched all-optical wavelength-routed networks. Such crosstalk usually occurs when multiple wavelengths pass through an optical crossconnect node, and the magnitude of the crosstalk is largely dependent on the wavelengths assigned to the lightpaths. Traditional wavelength assignment (WA) schemes pay little regard to the physical layer quality of service (QoS), and hence cannot provide optimized network performance in practical networks with imperfect physical transmission media. In this paper, we first present our categorization of in-band crosstalk based on the location of crosstalk generation, then we propose two QoS-friendly WA approaches, one of which selects the wavelength based on the estimated BERs, and the other based on the weighted crosstalk number counting. The two approaches have different computation complexities. Numerical results show that both approaches can significantly improve the BER blocking rate by suppressing the created in-band crosstalk, but the BER-based approach generally gives the better performance at the price of more extensive computation.This work was supported in part by DARPA Grants #N66001-00-1-8949 and #66001-01-1-8932 (co-funded by NSA).