Failure propagation in GMPLS optical rings: CTMC model and performance analysis Articles uri icon

publication date

  • January 2012

start page

  • 39

end page

  • 51

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 9

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1573-4277

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1872-9770

abstract

  • Network reliability and resilience has become a key design parameter for network operators and Internet service providers. These often seek ways to have their networks fully operational for at least 99.999% of the time, regardless of the number and type of failures that may occur in their networks. This article presents a continuous-time Markov chain model to characterise the propagation of failures in optical GMPLS rings. Two types of failures are considered depending on whether they affect only the control plane, or both the control and data planes of the node. Additionally, it is assumed that control failures propagate along the ring infecting neighbouring nodes, as stated by the Susceptible-Infected-Disabled (SID) propagation model taken from epidemic-based propagation models. A few numerical examples are performed to demonstrate that the CTMC model provides a set of guidelines for selecting the appropriate repair rates in order to attain specific availability requirements, both in the control plane and the data plane.

subjects

  • Telecommunications

keywords

  • optical gmpls rings; epidemic propagation of errors; continuous-time markov chains; reliability analysis; over-wdm networks; control plane; multilaver networks; mesch networks; survivability; resilience; desing; impact; vulnerability; strategies