Evaluation of the APS protocol for SDH rings reconfiguration

Author

Anelli, Pascal ; Soto, Michel

Author_Institution

Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Volume

47

Issue

9

fYear

1999

fDate

9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1386

Lastpage

1393

Abstract

The synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) architecture is one of the underlying technologies used by asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. The SDH includes various protection mechanisms. One main design issue is probably the reconfiguration process in case of failure. In case of SDH works on optical fibers with a ring network topology, the automatic protection switching (APS) protocol can be used. This paper addresses the problem of the maximum allowed recovery time in the four fibers ring architecture. We analyze the APS protocol and derive upper bounds for the processing time in each node of the network in order to cope with the maximum reconfiguration time of 50 ms, as specified in the standard. We finally analyze the behavior of the system in case of two interleaved failures. A worst case analysis is carried out, showing that a 100-ms reconfiguration time can be guaranteed

Keywords

SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; network topology; optical fibre networks; protocols; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication standards; 100 ms; 50 ms; APS protocol; ATM networks; B-ISDN; SDH architecture; SDH rings reconfiguration; SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; automatic protection switching; four fibers ring architecture; interleaved failures; maximum allowed recovery time; maximum reconfiguration time; network failure; network node; optical fibers; processing time; protection mechanisms; ring network topology; standard; synchronous digital hierarchy; upper bounds; worst case analysis; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Broadband communication; Network topology; Protection switching; Protocols; Redundancy; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.789674

Filename

789674