Generating realistic optical transport network topologies

• Author(s): Pavan, Claunir ; Morais, Rui Manuel ; Rocha, José R. Ferreira da ; Pinto, Armando Nolasco
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5971
• Origin: RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro
• Subject(s): Network topology design; Physical topology; Network survivability; Transport networks
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

We address the problem of generating physical realistic optical transport network topologies. This type of network has characteristics that differ from scale-free networks, such as the Internet. Based on the analysis of a set of real transport topologies, we identify and assess relevant characteristics. Amethod to generate realistic topologies is proposed. The proposed method is validated by comparing the characteristics of computer-generated and real-world optical transport networks.