A novel flexible grid/semi-flexible grid optical path network design algorithm that reserves exclusive frequency slots for high bitrate signals

Author

Zhi-shu Shen ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Ken-ichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

19-22 May 2014

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

292

Abstract

We propose a novel routing and spectrum assignment algorithm that reserves exclusive spectrum area for high bitrate signals. The aim of this study is to reduce the inherent blocking ratio inequality caused by the non-uniform bandwidth allocation in flexible grid/semi-flexible grid optical path networks. Numerical experiments demonstrate that our proposed assignment strategy can reduce the path setup blocking ratio for both flexible grid and semi-flexible grid networks. The traffic volume accommodated by the network can be improved by 10%. The effectiveness of our proposal is verified for various bitrate signal patterns and network topologies.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; bitrate signal patterns; blocking ratio inequality; frequency slots; high bitrate signals; network topologies; nonuniform bandwidth allocation; novel flexible grid-semi flexible grid optical path network design algorithm; routing assignment algorithm; spectrum area; spectrum assignment algorithm; traffic volume; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Heuristic algorithms; Indexes; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Flexible grid/ Semi-flexible grid optical path network; Routing and Spectrum Assignment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Network Design and Modeling, 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Type

conf

Filename

6855763