Title :
Restorable mesh network design under demand uncertainty: toward "future proofed transport investments
Author :
Leung, Dion ; Grover, Wayne D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
We consider the span-restorable mesh capacity design problem where demand uncertainty is represented by a set of possible future scenarios. An integer program is formulated to study the tradeoff between initial network cost and robustness to uncertainty.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; uncertain systems; demand uncertainty; future proofed transport investments; integer program; network cost; restorable mesh network design; robustness; span-restorable mesh capacity design problem;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5