Spectrum Availability Aware Routing and Resource Allocation for Point-to-Multipoint Services in Mixed-Grid Optical Networks
Mixed-grid optical networks are in a migration state where fixed-grid and flex-grid optical networks coexist. To carry point-to-multipoint (P2MP) services in mixed-grid optical networks, routing and resource allocation (RRA) problems need to be solved. Once the RRA fails, services will be blocked and then influence quality of service. The minimized spectrum for satisfying the bandwidth request of services is called as a frequency block (FB). For a service, the total number of available FBs embodies the spectrum availability on a link. Because the fixed-grid and flex-grid links have different channel spacing, spectrum availability on fixed-grid and flex-grid links needs different evaluation method. We propose a RRA algorithm in mixed-grid optical networks for P2MP services by being aware of spectrum availability. The spectrum availability is evaluated according to fixed-grid and flex-grid constraints. Our proposed algorithm achieves the lower blocking probability (BP) than that of benchmark RRA algorithms according to simulation results.