Title : 
Flow availability in two-layer networks with dedicated path protection
         
        
            Author : 
Jing Wu ; Wenda Ni ; Changcheng Huang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Commun. Res. Centre (CRC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Traffic flows with protection can be disrupted in network failures that are beyond the protection capability. We analyze availability of upper-layer flows in two-layer networks with dedicated path protection at upper or lower layer.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; dedicated path protection; network failure; optical Fiber network; optical fiber communication; traffic flow availability; two-layer network; upper-layer flow; Fiber optics and optical communications: 060.4256 Networks, network optimization; Fiber optics and optical communications: 060.4257 Networks, network survivability; Fiber optics and optical communications: 060.4261 Networks, protection and restoration;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Guangzhou
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-6274-0