Fast simulation of wavelength continuous WDM networks

Author

Andrew, Lachlan L H

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Volume

12

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

759

Lastpage

765

Abstract

This paper considers the estimation of blocking probabilities of circuit-switched WDM networks with no wavelength converters and with fixed routing. It presents an importance sampling simulation technique for determining whether or not such a network meets a specific grade of service requirement, in the sense of all routes having blocking below a given threshold. It is especially efficient for networks with high grades of service, which take a long time to simulate using conventional methods.

Keywords

circuit switching; importance sampling; optical fibre networks; probability; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; blocking probability estimation; fixed routing; grade of service; importance sampling simulation technique; optical fiber communication; quasiregeneration; variance reduction; wavelength continuous networks; Circuit simulation; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Monte Carlo methods; Network topology; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing; M/M/k/k; quasi-regeneration; variance reduction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6692

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNET.2004.833159

Filename

1331436