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Clustering for the Design of SONET Rings in Interoffice Telecommunications

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  • Manuel Laguna

    (Graduate School of Business and Administration, Campus Box 419, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0419)

Abstract

Optical fiber systems play an essential role in today's telecommunications networks. The recently standardized SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) technology has made rings the preferred architecture for designing survivable networks. The network design problem is very complex in nature, because it involves not only the configuration of rings at the logical level, but also the mapping of this configuration into physical fiber paths. This paper deals with the problem of finding optimal clusters of offices, which can be used as the basis for designing logical rings. A mathematical model of the problem is presented, and a heuristic solution based on the tabu search framework is developed to find optimal or near-optimal solutions.

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  • Manuel Laguna, 1994. "Clustering for the Design of SONET Rings in Interoffice Telecommunications," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 40(11), pages 1533-1541, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:40:y:1994:i:11:p:1533-1541
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.40.11.1533
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    1. Arbib, Claudio & Rossi, Fabrizio, 2000. "An optimization problem arising in the design of multiring systems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 124(1), pages 63-76, July.
    2. Cole Smith, J., 2004. "Algorithms for distributing telecommunication traffic on a multiple-ring SONET-based network," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 154(3), pages 659-672, May.
    3. Fortz, Bernard & Soriano, Patrick & Wynants, Christelle, 2003. "A tabu search algorithm for self-healing ring network design," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 151(2), pages 280-295, December.
    4. Hanif D. Sherali & J. Cole Smith & Youngho Lee, 2000. "Enhanced Model Representations for an Intra-Ring Synchronous Optical Network Design Problem Allowing Demand Splitting," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 12(4), pages 284-298, November.
    5. Hongwei Gui & Rudolf M¨uller & Rakesh V. Vohra, 2004. "Dominant Strategy Mechanisms with Multidimensional Types," Discussion Papers 1392, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
    6. Manuel Laguna, 1998. "Applying Robust Optimization to Capacity Expansion of One Location in Telecommunications with Demand Uncertainty," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 44(11-Part-2), pages 101-110, November.
    7. Dorit S. Hochbaum & Eli V. Olinick, 2001. "The Bounded Cycle-Cover Problem," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 13(2), pages 104-119, May.
    8. Sudip Bhattacharjee & Hong Zhang & R. Ramesh & Dee H. Andrews, 2007. "A Decomposition and Guided Simulation Methodology for Large-Scale System Design: A Study in QoS-Capable Intranets with Fixed and Mobile Components," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 19(3), pages 429-442, August.
    9. Jiefeng Xu & Steve Y. Chiu & Fred Glover, 1999. "Optimizing a Ring-Based Private Line Telecommunication Network Using Tabu Search," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 45(3), pages 330-345, March.

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