Abstract
Optical wavelength-routed networks enable parallel transmission of massive datasets on nonoverlapping wavelength channels. However, as the sizes of scientific workflows increase, the availability of multiwavelength resources will fall short of supporting application needs. Rather, these resources must be allocated intelligently, efficiently, and flexibly to bear the burden of high-volume science. We propose lightpath-switching to support modification to the set of wavelength/route resources used to carry and transmit a lightpath signal intermittently throughout its lifetime. Lightpath-switching exposes the scheduler to flexible consumption of unused, fragmented resources during the request schedule but requires neither underlying network technology nor equipment enhancement. We explore the efficacy of lightpath-switching in terms of wavelength-switching, path-switching, and a combination of the two techniques. We prove these problems are -complete and develop optimization models and efficient heuristics to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the solution space against optimality benchmarks. Our evaluations consider cross-dimension resource consumption from the time, space, and spectrum domains, and our findings indicate great potential for increasing network-wide resource savings, particularly via wavelength-switching. Furthermore, evidence is presented to defend the claim that spectral flexibility has a greater impact on resource utilization efficiency than spatial flexibility.
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