Title : 
Calculating availability bounds in complex systems and IP network topologies
         
        
            Author : 
Weston-Dawkes, Jonathan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
MITRE Corp., Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A bounding algorithm, including resource consolidation, for high-precision estimation of connection availability is derived. Resource mincuts in a sample core IP network are generated to estimate the connection availability under different diversity assumptions.
         
        
            Keywords : 
IP networks; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; availability bounds; bounding algorithm; complex systems; connection availability; core IP network topology; mincut generation; resource consolidation; Approximation methods; Availability; IP networks; Network topology; Probability; Topology; Upper bound;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Francisco, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-5575-2994-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1364/OFC.2014.W2A.11