Cross-virtual concatenation for ethernet-over-SONET/SDH networks

Satyajeet S. Ahuja, Marwan Krunz

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Abstract

Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH (EoS) with virtual concatenation is a popular approach for interconnecting geographically distant Ethernet segments using the SDH transport infrastructure. In this paper, we introduce a new concatenation technique, referred to as cross-virtual concatenation (CVC), which involves the concatenation of virtual channels (VCs) of hetrogenous capacities and can be implemented by a simple upgrade at SDH end nodes, thus utilizing the existing legacy SDH infrastructure. By employing CVC for EoS systems, we show that the SDH bandwidth can be harvested more efficiently than in conventional virtual concatenation. We later consider the routing problems associated with CVC connections, namely the connection establishment problem and the connection upgrade problem. We propose ILP and heuristic solutions to solve such problems. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed heuristic and to demonstrate the advantages of employing CVC.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNetworking 2006 - Networking Technologies, Services, and Protocols; Performance of Computer and Communication Networks; Mobile and Wireless Com. Syst. - 5th Int. IFIP-TC6 Netw. Conf. Proc.
EditorsThomas Plagemann, Burkhard Stiller, Cedric Westphal, Fernando Boavida, Edmundo Monteiro
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Pages1039-1049
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9783540341925
ISBN (Print)3540341927, 9783540341925
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event5th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Networking 2006 - Coimbra, Portugal
Duration: May 15 2006May 19 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3976 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other5th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Networking 2006
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityCoimbra
Period5/15/065/19/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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