Title :
Evaluation Method for the Network Reliability Based on the Entropy Measures
Author :
Jiang, Yu ; Hu, Aiqun ; He, Ming
Author_Institution :
Inf. Sci. & Eng. Sch., Southeast Univ. Nanjing, Nanjing
Abstract :
An evaluation method for the network reliability of communication networks based on the entropy measures is presented. Without the previous knowledge of the reliability of nodes and links, this method quantizes the uncertainty of the link and node importance through the entropy measures and evaluates the network reliability according to the network entropy. The theoretical analysis indicates that the proposed algorithm outperforms the existing algorithms. The experimental results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.
Keywords :
entropy; telecommunication network reliability; communication networks; entropy measures; evaluation method; links reliability; network reliability; nodes reliability; Binary decision diagrams; Computer networks; Entropy; Helium; Information science; Information security; Network topology; Reliability engineering; Telecommunication network reliability; Wireless communication; entropy; link importance; node importance;
Conference_Titel :
Networks Security, Wireless Communications and Trusted Computing, 2009. NSWCTC '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4223-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSWCTC.2009.128
