Title :
Heuristic approach to availability calculation of path protected optical network based on the analysis of cable failures
Author :
Jurdana, Irena ; Mikac, Branko ; Kreso, Goran
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Maritime Studies, Univ. of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract :
This paper presents a new method of calculating the availability of path protected optical network through a heuristic approach. The algorithm for finding and calculating the availability of working and protection paths according to the criterion of highest availability includes parameters called weighting factors. Weighting factors are defined and classified based on the analysis of cable failures at the physical layer of a real optical network. The results of calculating the availability via the proposed method and standard method for the same segment of the referent optical network were compared and analyzed.
Keywords :
failure analysis; optical fibre networks; telecommunication cables; availability calculation; cable failures analysis; heuristic approach; optical network; physical layer; protection paths; weighting factors; Availability; Communication cables; Maintenance engineering; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; availability calculation; failure analysis; heuristic method; optical fibre network; weighting factors;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970895
