• DocumentCode
    2013370
  • Title

    Maintaining availability in an optical backbone network

  • Author

    Babbitt, Jeff ; Best, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Network Commun., Richardson, TX
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a way to calculate the availability of an optical backbone network and how to control and design availability of specific routes. The two parameters that the carrier can control are the architecture and the `mean time to repair´ (MTTR). To achieve targeted MTTRs, local spares warehouses (LSWs) are distributed throughout the network. This paper presents an innovative method for the optimal placement of LSWs and describes optimal spares storage and replacement policies
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; availability; local spares warehouses; mean time to repair; optical backbone network; optimal placement; optimal spares replacement policies; optimal spares storage policies; Availability; Equations; Intelligent networks; Lakes; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Quality of service; Spine; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215728
  • Filename
    1636759