Title :
Exploiting connection-holding time to improve resource efficiency for dynamic provisioning in shared-path protection
Author :
Tornatore, Massimo ; Oul, C.S. ; Pattavina, Achille ; Mukherjee, Siswanath
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
For dynamic provisioning of shared-path-protected connections in an optical mesh network, we investigate a new algorithm which exploits the holding time of connections to achieve significant reduction in resource overbuild.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; protection; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; connection-holding time; dynamic provisioning; optical WDM networks; optical mesh network; resource efficiency; resource overbuild; shared-path protection; shared-path-protected connections; Bandwidth; Computer science; Costs; Ear; Optical fiber networks; Proposals; Protection; Rails; Spine; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192959
