Quantifying bypass traffic in partially meshed transparent optical networks

This work investigates the transparent bypassing capacity requirements of elastic backbone optical networks to determine the all-optical cross-connection capacity needed at network nodes. Topological parameters have been used to develop a random network generator, and the generated topologies are ev...

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Authors: Comellas Colomé, Jaume|||0000-0002-9129-0562, Hario, Fakhriy, Junyent Giralt, Gabriel|||0000-0003-0059-7700
Format: article
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/393814
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/393814
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10922-023-09751-2
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Telecommunication -- Traffic -- Management
Optical communications
Transparent optical network
Flex-grid network
Routing and spectrum allocation
Network topology
Network performance
Telecomunicació -- Tràfic -- Gestió
Comunicacions òptiques
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica
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Summary:This work investigates the transparent bypassing capacity requirements of elastic backbone optical networks to determine the all-optical cross-connection capacity needed at network nodes. Topological parameters have been used to develop a random network generator, and the generated topologies are evaluated. Reference values are obtained and applied to well-known topologies, and extensive simulations are conducted to obtain network nodes' bypassing traffic under realistic traffic profiles. The study reveals that although bypassing traffic varies by topology, it never exceeds 9% of total network traffic per node degree. These findings can help properly dimension network nodes by determining the necessary quantity of transceivers and cross-connection capacity based on the network topology and expected traffic.