Title :
Minimizing the disaster risk in optical telecom networks
Author :
Dikbiyik, Ferhat ; Reaz, Abu S. ; De Leenheer, Marc ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Regional failures caused by disasters precipitate huge amount of loss and jeopardize many connections. A risk model for disasters, considering differentiated services, is introduced and a disaster-aware provisioning scheme is proposed to reduce the risk.
Keywords :
disasters; risk analysis; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; differentiated services; disaster risk model; disaster-aware provisioning scheme; optical telecom networks; regional failures; wavelength division multiplexing; Earthquakes; Hazards; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Risk management; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
