Routing Traffic Distribution and the Performance Correspondence for Optical Networks

In this article, we analyze the performance of optical networks according to some scenarios of routing traffic distribution that include a strategy based on the population served by the network nodes. Blocking probability and the average utilization are evaluated for the National Science Foundation (NSFNET) and the Pan-European (PANEUR) topologies. Moreover, statistics on the routing traffic distribution are achieved and discussed to establish a correspondence between the characteristics of routing traffic distribution and the respective network performances.