Enhancing wavelength converter placement optimization with traffic-engineering-aware shortest-path routing

Y. C. Foo; Youngseok Lee; C. F. Teo; S. F. Chien; Andy L. Y. Low

doi:10.1587/elex.1.416

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Enhancing wavelength converter placement optimization with traffic-engineering-aware shortest-path routing

Y. C. Foo, Youngseok Lee, C. F. Teo, S. F. Chien, Andy L. Y. Low

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Keywords: multi-hop optical networks, wavelength converters, sparse wavelength conversion, traffic-engineering and blocking probability

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2004 Volume 1 Issue 14 Pages 416-422

DOI https://doi.org/10.1587/elex.1.416

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Abstract

This paper proposes the combination of multiple shortest-paths routing and particle swarm optimization algorithm to solve the wavelength converters placement problem. Both equal-cost multipath routing and traffic-engineering-aware shortest-path routing are included in the experiments to examine their effectiveness in reducing the overall blocking probability. These routing schemes help to achieve network-wide load balance to ensure higher resource utilization efficiency. Computed results show that our proposed heuristic is highly effective and efficient in reducing the blocking probability in sparse wavelength conversion networks.

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