Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 32, Issue 4, 406002(2012)

Research on Power Efficient Routing Algorithm in Green Optical Networks

Guo Aihuang1,2、*, Feng Shengyi1, Xue Lin1, and Zhang Jian1
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    In traditional routing algorithms, shortest-path algorithm (SPA) is often used. The distance between two nodes is defined as weight, and a path from the source node is selected to the destination node which has the minimum weight to finish routing. Although SPA minimizes the distance cost, it doesn′t consider the issue of energy consumption. So the routing path generated by SPA may not have the minimum energy cost. To solve this problem, a new integrated green routing algorithm is proposed. This algorithm defines energy consumption as the weight of each link. It combines optical bypass and traffic grooming and also considers routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) problem in order to minimize the energy cost of every routing process, which leads to energy-saving. The result of simulation shows that compared with SPA, green routing algorithm can save about 40% energy consumption in large-scale networks. Its energy-saving effect is considerable.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Oct. 31, 2011

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 30, 2012

    The Author Email: Aihuang Guo (tjgah@tongji.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201232.0406002

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