Quick survivable algorithm with shared-risk link groups in backup-shared restorable optical networks

Abstract

We propose a novel survivable algorithm, called backup-shared with trap avoidance (BSTA), to protect against single failure with shared-risk link groups (SRLGs) in wavelength-division multiplexing optical networks. In BSTA, each connection request will be assigned one primary path and one SRLG-disjoint backup, or one primary path and two SRLG-disjoint segment-backup paths. In contrast with previous algorithms, BSTA not only can effectively avoid the trap problem, but also can obtain better resource utilization ratio and lower blocking probability. Simulation results are shown to be promising.