Title :
Shared protection for multicast sessions in mesh networks
Author :
Singhal, Narendra K. ; Ou, Canhui ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We investigate optimal sharing among backups of several multicast sessions in an optical mesh network. Our cross-sharing approach provides significant cost-savings of backup resources relative to arc-disjoint and self-sharing approaches, especially for a large number of sessions.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre networks; arc-disjoint approaches; cost-savings; cross-sharing approach; multicast sessions shared protection; optical mesh network; optimal sharing; self-sharing approaches; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Costs; HDTV; Intelligent networks; Mesh networks; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192652
