Title :
Survivability in Metro WDM storage area networks
Author :
Pranggono, Bernardi ; Elmirghani, Jaafar M H
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
This paper proposes and evaluates network survivability of optical paths in metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) based storage area networks (SANs). The paper begins with a background and motivation. Subsequently, the network architectures along with their medium access control (MAC) protocols are described. In this work, one link failure (a single cable cut) in metro WDM based SANs in a ring network architecture is considered. Performance evaluation for network survivability in metro WDM SAN is carried out by means of computer simulation. Network throughput and packet delay are investigated. The network performance is evaluated for asymmetric (unbalanced) traffic scenarios under Poisson and self-similar traffic.
Keywords :
access protocols; storage area networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; MAC protocols; Poisson traffic; asymmetric traffic scenarios; computer simulation; medium access control protocols; network architecture; network survivability; optical paths; packet delay; performance evaluation; storage area networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Access protocols; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Media Access Protocol; Optical fiber networks; Storage area networks; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185215
