Demand-wise Shared Protection for Meshed Optical Networks

  • Authors:
  • Arie M. Koster;Adrian Zymolka;Monika Jäger;Ralf Hülsermann

  • Affiliations:
  • Aff1 Aff3;Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Germany;T-Systems Technologiezentrum, Germany;Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Germany D-14195

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Network and Systems Management
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper, a new shared protection mechanism for meshed optical networks is presented. Significant network design cost reductions can be achieved in comparison to the well-known 1+1 protection scheme. Demand-wise Shared Protection (DSP) is based on the diversification of demand routings and exploits the network connectivity to restrict the number of backup lightpaths needed to provide the desired level of protection. Computational experiments illustrate the benefits of the DSP concept for cost efficient optical network designs.