Title :
Statistical model for link lengths in optical transport networks
Author :
Routray, Sudhir K. ; Morais, Rui Manuel ; da Rocha, Jose ; Pinto, Armando N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Telecommun. & Inf., Univ. of Aveiro & Inst. de Telecomun., Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
From the analysis of statistical properties of real networks, it is found that general extreme value (GEV) distribution provides an accurate model for link length statistics of optical transport networks (OTNs). The parameters of GEV distribution can be estimated from the average link length of the OTNs. Expressions for average link lengths, based only on the knowledge of network coverage area and number of nodes, are improved for better accuracy. It is shown that the optimized GEV distribution estimates the link statistics of OTNs with good accuracy (Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic less than 0.18).
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; statistical analysis; telecommunication standards; GEV distribution; Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic; OTN; average link length; general extreme value distribution; link length statistics; link statistics; optical transport network; statistical model; Accuracy; Estimation; Network topology; Optical fiber communication; Optimized production technology; Standards; Topology; Accuracy of average link length; Average link length; GEV distribution of link lengths; Optical transport network; Statistics of link lengths;
Journal_Title :
Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of
DOI :
10.1364/JOCN.5.000762
