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An Efficient Distributed Control Scheme for Lightpath Establishment in Dynamic WDM Networks

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An adaptive hybrid reservation protocol (AHRP) is proposed for the purpose of quickly and efficiently establishing a lightpath in dynamic wavelength routed networks. This protocol uses a special reservation-and-probe (RESV_PROB) packet and extends the signaling to integrate forward reservation and backward reservation into one monolithic process. To decrease the blocking probability that happens in cases where two end nodes associated with a specific link simultaneously reserve the same wavelength, an adaptive wavelength selection policy is specially employed in AHRP. A discrete-event simulation tool based on ns-2 is developed to investigate AHRP's performance, including its blocking probability, average lightpath setup delay, and signaling overhead. AHRP is also compared with existing protocols. Results show that during highly dynamic traffic conditions, AHRP possesses the lowest blocking probability, shorter setup delay, and less signaling overhead.

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    Feifei Feng, Xiaoping Zheng, Hanyi Zhang & Yili Guo

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Feng, F., Zheng, X., Zhang, H. et al. An Efficient Distributed Control Scheme for Lightpath Establishment in Dynamic WDM Networks. Photonic Network Communications 7, 5–15 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027476300574

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