A New Multicast Wavelength Assignment Algorithm in Wavelength-Converted Optical Networks

In this paper, we propose a new multicast wavelength assignment algorithm called NGWA with complexity of O(N), where N is the number of nodes on a multicast tree. The whole procedure of NGWA algorithm is separated into two phases: the partial wavelength assignment phase and the complete wavelength assignment phase. It tries to minimize the total number of wavelength conversions of the multicast tree. Meanwhile, the number of different wavelengths used is minimized locally. Through illustrative example and simulation experiments, it is proved that the NGWA algorithm works well and achieves satisfactory performance in terms of the average number of wavelength conversions and the average blocking probability.

A Distributed Routing and Wavelength Assignment Algorithm for Online Multicast in All-Optical WDM Networks

Routing and wavelength assignment for online real-time multicast connection setup is a difficult task due to the dynamic change of availabilities of wavelengths on links and the consideration of wavelength conversion delay in WDM networks. This paper presents a distributed routing and wavelength assignment scheme for the setup of real-time multicast connections. It integrates routing and wavelength assignment as a single process, which greatly reduces the connection setup time. The proposed routing method is based on the Prim’s MST (Minimum Spanning Tree) algorithm and the K-restricted breadth-first search method, which can produce a sub-minimal cost tree under a given delay bound. The wave-length assignment uses the least-conversion and load balancing strategies. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is suitable for online multicast connection establishment in WDM networks.

Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm for Routing and Wavelength Assignment Based on Directional Guidance in Satellite Optical Networks

With the development of satellite communication,in order to solve the problems of shortage of on-board resources and refinement of delay requirements to improve the communication performance of satellite optical networks,this paper proposes a bee colony optimization algorithm for routing and wavelength assignment based on directional guidance(DBCO-RWA)in satellite optical networks.In D-BCORWA,directional guidance based on relative position and link load is defined,and then the link cost function in the path search stage is established based on the directional guidance factor.Finally,feasible solutions are expanded in the global optimization stage.The wavelength utilization,communication success probability,blocking rate,communication hops and convergence characteristic are simulated.The results show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is improved compared with existing algorithms.

Load Balancing in WDM Optical Networks with and without Wavelength-Continuity Constraints

In practical optical networks, there is often the same number of wavelengths in a fiber. But if it is not carefully designed, there will be much difference in link load among different fibers, and unnecessary wavelengths will be needed. This paper investigated this load balancing issues to minimize the wavelength requirements. Both Integer Linear Programming (ILP) and heuristic algorithms were presented to solve such a problem in WDM optical networks with or without wavelength continuity constraints.

Routing and Wavelength Assignment in GMPLS-based 10 Gb/s Ethernet Long Haul Optical Networks with and without Linear Dispersion Constraints

Given a set of lightpath connection requests in an all-10 Gb/s optical dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) Ethernet network, lightpaths are designed. In addition the wavelength channels are assigned subject to minimization of the channel blocking and provisional requests satisfying the limits due to accumulative linear dispersion effects over the hops. This paper proposes a routing and wavelength assignment scheme for DWDM long-haul optical networks that includes routing, assignment and reservation of different wavelength channels operating under the Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) environment. The GMPLS framework can offer an approach to implement IP over DWDM with variable weighting assignments of routes based on the limitations due to residual dispersion accumulated on the lightwave path. The modeling is implemented under the framework of an object-oriented modeling platform OMNeT++. Network performance tests are evaluated based mainly on a long-haul terrestrial fiber mesh network composed of as well as three topologies structured as chain, ring, and mesh configurations. Blocking probability of lightpath connection requests are examined with the average link utilization in the network employing variable number of wavelength channels in association with the limits of route distance due to linear chromatic and polarization mode dispersion effects.

ROUTING AND WAVELENGTH ASSIGNMENT ALGORITHMS BASED ON EQUIVALENT NETWORKS

In this paper, a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network model based on the equivalent networks is described, and wavelength-dependent equivalent arc, equivalent networks, equivalent multicast tree and some other terms are presented. Based on this model and relevant Routing and Wavelength Assign- ment (RWA) strategy, a unicast RWA algorithm and a multicast RWA algorithm are presented. The wave- length-dependent equivalent arc expresses the schedule of local RWA and the equivalent network expresses the whole topology of WDM optical networks, so the two algorithms are of the flexibility in RWA and the optimi- zation of the whole problem. The theoretic analysis and simulation results show the two algorithms are of the stronger capability and the lower complexity than the other existing algorithms for RWA problem, and the complexity of the two algorithms are only related to the scale of the equivalent networks. Finally, we prove the two algorithms’ feasibility and the one-by-one corresponding relation between the equivalent multicast tree and original multicast tree, and point out the superiorities and drawbacks of the two algorithms respectively.

An Ant Colony Algorithm Based on Cross-Layer Design for Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Optical Satellite Networks

This paper introduces an ant colony routing and wavelength assignment algorithm based on cross-layer design(CL-ACRWA),which can overcome the adverse effects of Doppler wavelength shift on data transmission in optical satellite networks. Firstly, a cross-layer optimization model is built, which considers the Doppler wavelength shift, the transmission delay as well as wavelength-continuity constraint. Then an ant colony algorithm is utilized to solve the cross-layer optimization model, resulting in finding an optimal light path satisfying the above constraints for every connection request. The performance of CL-ACRWA is measured by the communication success probability, the convergence property and the transmission delay. Simulation results show that CL-ACRWA performs well in communication success probability and has good global search ability as well as fast convergence speed. Meanwhile, the transmission delay can meet the basic requirement of real-time transmission of business.

Dynamic routing and wavelength assignment algorithm of optical satellite networks based on cross-layer design

In order to overcome the adverse effects of Doppler wavelength shift on data transmission in the optical satellite networks,a dynamic routing and wavelength assignment algorithm based on crosslayer design( CL-DRWA) is introduced which can improve robustness of the network. Above all,a cross-layer optimization model is designed,which considers transmission delay and wavelength-continuity constraint,as well as Doppler wavelength shift. Then CL-DRWA is applied to solve this model,resulting in finding an optimal light path satisfying the above constraints for every connection request. In CL-DRWA,Bellman-Ford method is used to find an optimal route and a distributed relative capacity loss method is implemented to get an optimal wavelength assignment result on the optimal route. Moreover,compared with the dynamic routing and wavelength assignment algorithm based on minimum delay strategy( MD-DRWA),CL-DRWA can make an improvement of 5. 3% on the communication success probability. Meanwhile,CL-DRWA can meet the requirement of transmission delay for real-time services.

Hybrid WDM/TDM PON system employing an all-optical wavelength converter

A new hybrid WDM/TDM passive optical network （PON） implemented by using all-optical wavelength converters （AOWCs） is proposed. The AOWCs are based on the cross-gain modulation （XGM） effect of the semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA）. Moreover, the feasibility of this sys- tem is experimentally demonstrated by evaluating the impacts of the optical wavelength conversion, time domain waveforms, eye diagrams and bit-error-rate （BER） in AOWC. The results show that the proposal will be a promising solution for the next generation access networks.

Impact of Channel Dynamics, Combined Nonlinearities and ASE Noise on Transmission Performance of all Optical Star WDM Networks

For all optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network based on G.653 fibers, we investigate the quality factor deterioration due to combined nonlinear effects and Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise for system parameters based on ITU-T Recommendation G.692. The investigation: (a) emphasizes on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and four wave mixing (FWM) effects which are the dominant nonlinearities known to limit WDM system performance and (b) accounts for beating between nonlinearities and beating between ASE noise and nonlinearities. Using the proposed model, performance of the worst affected channels due to SRS and FWM is compared and the results indicate that the worst affected channel due to SRS performs better and hence must be preferred for reliable and efficient transmission over the worst affected channel due to FWM. Further, the results suggest that to achieve a desired error rate (quality factor);there exists an optimal value of channel spacing for a given number of channels. The proposed theoretical model is also validated through extensive simulations over Rsoft OptSimTM simulator and the two sets of results are found to match, indicating that the proposed model accurately calculates the quality factor of the all optical WDM network.

Network coding based all-optical multicast in WDM networks

Wavelength division multiplexing （WDM） has been becoming a promising solution to meet the rapidly growing demands on bandwidth. Multicast in WDM networks by employing free wavelength is an efficient approach to saving bandwidth and cost. However, the free wavelength may not identical between different hops in a multicast light-path, particularly in heavy load optical WDM networks. In order to implement multicast applications efficiently, a network coding （NC） technique was introduced into all-optical WDM multicast networks to solve wavelength collision problem between the multicast request and the unicast request. Compared with the wavelength conversion based optical multicast, the network coding based optical multicast can achieve better multicast performance with paying lower cost.

WDM全光网络中Multicast的寻径与波长分配算法

在WDM全光网络中实现实时Multicast功能是计算机网络的应用要求,也是现代计算机网络的重要特征。该文提出了一种在WDM全光网络中实现实时Multicast的算法。该算法以辅助的波长图为基础,将寻径与波长分配统一进行,构造满足延迟约束的、具有较低成本的Multicast树,实现Multicast功能。

Network Resource Provisioning for IP over Multi-Granular Optical Networks

In the internet protocol（IP） over multi-granular optical switch network （IP/MG-OXC）, the network node is a typical multilayer switch comprising several layers, the IP packet switching （PXC） layer, wavelength switching （WXC） layer and fiber switching （FXC） layer. This network is capable of both IP layer grooming and wavelength grooming in a hierarchical manner. Resource provisioning in the multi-granular network paradigm is called hierarchical grooming problem. An integer linear programming （ILP） model is proposed to formulate the problem. An iterative heuristic approach is developed for solving the problem in large networks. Case study shows that IP/MG-OXC network is much more extendible and can significantly save the overall network cost as compared with IP over wavelength division multiplexing network.

WDM全光网络中实时组播的分布式路由与波长分配算法

在WDM网络中 ,由于每条链路上可用波长是动态变化的 ,在考虑波长转换延迟的条件下 ,实现实时组播连接的路由与波长分配是十分困难的 假定WDM网络中每条链路有多根光纤 ,只有部分结点具有波长转换器且波长转换时间是不可忽略的 ,据此提出了一种用于建立实时组播连接的分布式路由与波长分配算法 该算法以Prim最小生成树算法为基础 ,生成一棵满足给定延迟时限的最小成本树 当最小成本树不能包括所有目的结点时 ,对剩余目的结点生成一棵最短延迟树 ,然后合并两棵树得到一棵组播树

WDM网络中实时组播的分布式路由与波长分配算法

在WDM网络中,由于每条链路上可用波长是动态变化的,在考虑波长转换延迟时间的条件下,实现实时组播连接的路由与波长分配是十分困难的。该文提出了一种用于建立实时组播连接的分布式路由与波长分配算法。该算法将路由与波长分配统一进行,大大减少连接的建立时间。组播路由算法以Prim最小生成树算法和K-度宽度优先搜索方法为基础,生成一棵满足给定延迟时限的最小成本树。波长分配使用最少波长转换和负载平衡策略。

WDM网络中一种基于分层图模型的RWA算法

提出了一种基于分层图的最大边不相关(Layered Graph-Based Edge Disjoint Path)算法,该算法不同于现有研究大多将WDM网络的RWA问题拆分为选路和分配波长两个子问题,而是将波长分层图和图论中的最大边不相关原理引入RWA问题中,可同时进行选路和波长分配。仿真证明,该算法可以有效节省网络波长资源,且易于实施。

多约束条件下WDM光网中多播选路和波长分配算法

在光层构建多播选路和波长分配时,必须考虑一些约束条件。主要的约束条件有以下4种:稀疏分光器配置约束、波长连续性约束、能量损伤约束及稀疏波长转换器约束。目前,研究人员只是针对其中一个或两个约束条件进行了算法研究。该文在详细分析各种约束条件之后,提出了一种基于多约束条件下多播选路和波长分配启发式算法。最后在CERNET和NSFNET两种网络拓扑上进行了仿真实验。根据算法仿真结果可以得出该算法可以有效地解决多约束条件下的多播路由及波长分配问题。

WDM全光网络中的路由及波长分配

在全光网络中,光信号在全光域内传输,避免了光-电转换带来的延迟,因此,全光网支持高数据率传输并提供巨大的网络容量。WDM(波分多路复用)技术的采用使得高速光传输线路与低速终端处理设备之间能够相互兼容。论文探讨了WDM全光网中的路由及波长分配问题,对各种常用算法进行了详细的分析,并提出了对一种新型的用于WDM网络上的实时组播请求的分布式RWA算法进行改进的意见。

WDM网络中基于均衡策略的波长分配算法

对WDM光网络中的波长分配问题进行了研究,采用波长均衡分配的思路解决瓶颈容量对网络性能的影响,并给出了一种启发式算法--最大剩余瓶颈容量算法(MaximumBottleneckCapacity,MaxBC)。该算法把负载引起的波长损失均衡地分布在网络中,使得链路的信道容量受到的影响更小。通过仿真比较了MaxBC与MaxSum、RCL算法在网络拥塞概率等网络性能上的优劣。