Title :
Dynamic SLA Redefinition for Shared-Path-Protected Connections with Known Duration
Author :
Tornatore, Massimo ; Lucerna, Diego ; Lei Song ; Mukherjee, Biswanath ; Pattavina, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
For a WDM mesh network with shared-path protection, we propose to exploit the holding time of a connection to re(de)fine the customer´s availability targets and achieve significant reduction in blocking probability.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; probability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM mesh network; blocking probability; dynamic SLA redefinition; service level agreement; shared-path protection; shared-path-protected connections; wavelength division multiplexing; Availability; Bandwidth; Computer science; Consumer electronics; Mesh networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Protection; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.2008.4528258
