Channel allocation in elastic optical networks using traveling salesman problem algorithms
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

Elastic optical networks have been proposed to support high data rates in metro and core networks. However, frequency allocation of the channels (i.e., channel ordering) in such networks is a challenging problem. This requires arranging the optical channels within the frequency grid with the objective of ensuring a minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). An optimal arrangement results in the highest SNR margin for the entire network. However, determining the optimal arrangement requires an exhaustive search through all possible arrangements (permutations) of the channels. The search space increases exponentially with the number of channels. This discourages an algorithm employing an exhaustive search for the optimal frequency allocation. We utilize the Gaussian noise (GN) model to formulate the frequency allocation (channel ordering) problem as a variant of the traveling salesman problem (TSP) using graph theory. Thereafter, we utilize graph-theoretic tools for the TSP from the existing literature to solve the channel ordering problem. Performance figures obtained for the proposed scheme show that it is marginally inferior to the optimal search (through all possible permutations) and outperforms any random allocation scheme. Moreover, the proposed scheme is implementable for a scenario with a large number of channels. In comparison, an exhaustive search with the GN model and split-step Fourier method simulations are shown to be feasible for a small number of channels only. It is also illustrated that the SNR decreases with an increase in bandwidth when the frequency separation is high.

Författare

Chayan Bhar

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

Erik Agrell

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

Kamran Keykhosravi

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

Magnus Karlsson

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Fotonik

Peter Andrekson

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Fotonik

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

1943-0620 (ISSN) 19430639 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 10 C58-C66 8815710

Ämneskategorier

Telekommunikation

Kommunikationssystem

Signalbehandling

DOI

10.1364/JOCN.11.000C58

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