A path inflation control strategy for dynamic traffic grooming in IP/MPLS over WDM network

Author

Chen, Bin ; Zhong, Wen-De ; Bose, Sanjay Kumar

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

8

Issue

11

fYear

2004

Firstpage

680

Lastpage

682

Abstract

The use of alternate routes for traffic grooming in IP/MPLS over wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks may lead to the propagation of congestion from one link to others in the IP/MPLS layer. This can be tackled by using the path inflation control (PIC) strategy proposed here for operating an IP/MPLS over WDM network in the overlay model. This supports dynamic traffic grooming with less blocking than other strategies. Network resource usage is also efficient as new lightpaths are set up for a new label switched path (LSP) request only when indicated by the congestion conditions.

Keywords

IP networks; multiprotocol label switching; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; IP networks; MPLS; WDM network; congestion; dynamic traffic grooming; network resource; path inflation control strategy; wavelength-division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Intelligent networks; Multiprotocol label switching; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Traffic control; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; 65; IP/MPLS over wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; congestion; traffic grooming;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2004.837617

Filename

1359891