简介:Asthewavelengthdivisionmultiplexing(WDM)technologymaturesandthedemandsforbandwidthincrease,survivabilitybecomesmoreandmoreimportantingeneralizedmulti-protocollabelswitching(GMPLS)controlledintelligentopticalnetworks(IONs).Therearegreatintereststostudytheperformanceofrestorabilityunderonecertainconnectionmanagementstrategy.Andstudiesintheproblemofprovidingrecoveryfromlinkfailuresundertwodifferentresourcereservationschemes,forwardreservationprotocols(FRPs)andbackwardreservationprotocols(BRPs),arepresented.Theyareexaminedfromthepointofviewofconnectionblockingprobability,restorabilityandaveragerecoverytime.Thetwodifferentconnectionmanagementschemesandthesurveyofdifferentrecoveryschemesarefirstpresented.Theperformanceoftheserecoverystrategiesisanalyzedandcomparedboththroughtheoreticalanalysisandsimulationresults.ThemainstressedideaisthatusingBRPsgivesthebestperformanceintermsofrestorabilityandblockingprobabilityinrestorableGMPLSnetworks.