Title :
Impairment Aware Multi-path Routing in GMPLS-based Networks
Author :
Mazandu, Gaston K ; Bagula, Antoine B ; Wosinska, Lena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Cape Towns, Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract :
We formulate an optimization problem and compare performance of multi-path routing based on bandwidth usage only with the impairment aware alternative. We show that there is a trade-off between optical signal quality and bandwidth utilization.
Keywords :
multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; GMPLS-based networks; bandwidth utilization; generalized multiprotocol label switching; impairment aware multipath routing; optical signal quality; optimization problem; Africa; Bandwidth; Cities and towns; Computer networks; Computer science; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical computing; Optical fiber networks; Routing; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528160
