METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING OPTICAL NETWORK TRAFFIC BY MEANS OF ADVANCED SIMULATED ANNEALING TECHNIQUES

摘要

The method and the system for optimizing optical network traffic by means of advanced simulated annealing techniques minimize the number of electrical/optical and/or optical/electrical conversion devices for a predetermined volume of optical network traffic or, alternatively, maximize optical network traffic for a predetermined network configuration with a fixed number of electrical/optical and/or optical/electrical conversion devices by adjusting the result to the external links or conditions. The result of the method is a set of light paths, which carry the optical network traffic by means of wavelength division multiplexing, as well as the number and location of the electrical/optical and/or optical/electrical conversion devices (ADM).