On the Efficient Flow Restoration in Spectrally-Spatially Flexible Optical Networks
Open Access
- 18 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Electronics
- Vol. 10 (12), 1468
- https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10121468
Abstract
We focus on the efficient modeling and optimization of the flow restoration in the spectrally-spatially flexible optical networks (SS-FONs) realized using a single mode fiber bundle. To this end, we study a two-phase optimization problem, which consists of: (i) the network planning with respect to the spectrum usage and (ii) the flow restoration after a failure aiming at maximizing the restored bit-rate. Both subproblems we formulate using the integer linear programming with two modeling approaches—the node-link and the link-path. We perform simulations divided into: (i) a comparison of the proposed approaches, (ii) an efficient flow restoration in SS-FONs—case study. The case study focuses on the verification whether the spectral-spatial allocation may improve the restoration process (compared to the spectral allocation) and on the determination of the full restoration cost (the amount of additional resources required to restore whole traffic) in two network topologies. The results show that the spectral-spatial allocation allows us to restore up to 4% more traffic compared to the restoration with only the spectral channels. They also reveal that the cost of the full traffic restoration depends on plenty of factors, including the overall traffic volume and the network size, while the spectral-spatial allocation allows us to reduce its value about 30%.Keywords
Funding Information
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki (2019/35/B/ST7/04272.)
- Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej (START)
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