Multilayer survivable optical network design

Abstract

With the explosive growth of traffic data, telecommunication networks have evolved toward a model of high-speed IP routers interconnected by intelligent optical core networks. This IP-over-optical architecture is particularly considered as an important opportunity for telecommunication carriers who want to vary services and add more multimedia applications. In our work, we are interested in the problem of survivability in multilayer IP-over-optical networks. Given a set of traffic demands for which we know a survivable logical routing in the IP layer, our purpose is to determine the corresponding survivable topology in the optical layer. We show that the problem is NP-hard even for one demand. We formulate the problem in terms of 0∈-∈1 linear program based on path variables. We discuss the pricing problem and prove that it reduces to a shortest path problem. Using this, we propose a Branch-and-Price algorithm. Some preliminary computational results are also discussed. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.