Connection availability analysis of shared backup path-protected mesh networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1111-1119

  Zhou, Ling ^a   Held, Marcel ^a   Sennhauser, Urs ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connection availability; Dedicated automatic protection switching (1 + 1 APS); Down time; Shared backup path protection (SBPP); Traffic loss

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MODES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SWITCHING THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

DEDICATED AUTOMATIC PROTECTION SWITCHING; DOWN TIME; MESH-RESTORABLE NETWORK; SHARED BACKUP PATH PROTECTION; TRAFFIC LOSS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 34248573990     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.893037     Document Type: Article

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