Comparison of allocation policies in wavelength routing networks

Yuhong Zhu; George N. Rouskas; Harry G. Perros

doi:10.1117/12.402557

5 October 2000 Comparison of allocation policies in wavelength routing networks

Yuhong Zhu, George N. Rouskas, Harry G. Perros

Proceedings Volume 4213, Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402557
Event: Information Technologies 2000, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We consider wavelength routing networks with and without wavelength converters, and several wavelength allocation policies. We show through numerical and simulation results that the blocking probabilities for the random wavelength allocation and the circuit-switched case provide upper and lower bounds on the blocking probabilities for two wavelength allocation policies that are most likely to be used in practice, namely, most-used and first-fit allocation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that using the most-used or first-fit policies has an effect on call blocking probabilities that is equivalent to employing converters at a number of nodes in a network with the random allocation policy. These results have been obtained for a wide range of loads for both single-path and general mesh topology networks. The main conclusion of our work is that the gains obtained by employing specialized and expensive hardware (namely, wavelength converters) can be realized cost-efficiently by making more intelligent choices in software (name, the wavelength allocation policy).

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Yuhong Zhu, George N. Rouskas, and Harry G. Perros "Comparison of allocation policies in wavelength routing networks", Proc. SPIE 4213, Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues, (5 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402557

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