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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications

Policy-Based Grooming, Route, Spectrum, and Operational Mode Planning in Dynamic Multilayer Networks

Takafumi TANAKA, Hiroshi HASEGAWA

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In this paper, we propose a heuristic planning method to efficiently accommodate dynamic multilayer path (MLP) demand in multilayer networks consisting of a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) layer and a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) layer; the goal is to achieve the flexible accommodation of increasing capacity and diversifying path demands. In addition to the grooming of links at the TDM layer and the route and frequency slots for the elastic optical path to be established, MLP requires the selection of an appropriate operational mode, consisting of a combination of modulation formats and symbol rates supported by digital coherent transceivers. Our proposed MLP planning method defines a planning policy for each of these parameters and embeds the values calculated by combining these policies in an auxiliary graph, which allows the planning parameters to be calculated for MLP demand requirements in a single step. Simulations reveal that the choice of operational mode significantly reduces the blocking probability and demonstrate that the edge weights in the auxiliary graph allow MLP planning with characteristics tailored to MLP demand and network requirements. Furthermore, we quantitatively evaluate the impact of each planning policy on the MLP planning results.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E106-B No.6 pp.489-499
Publication Date
2023/06/01
Publicized
2022/11/30
Online ISSN
1745-1345
DOI
10.1587/transcom.2022EBP3106
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Fiber-Optic Transmission for Communications

Authors

Takafumi TANAKA
  NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
Hiroshi HASEGAWA
  Nagoya University

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