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African Journal of Science and Research,2015,(4)1:26-29
ISSN: 2306-5877
Available Online: http://ajsr.rstpublishers.com/

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RING TOPOLOGY IN OPTICAL BACK BONE


NETWORK.
Vasuki.J.T*1, Karthick.M2, Arulvizhi.M3
1)Narasu’s sarathy institute of technology, Salem. Tamilnadu,India.
2)Sona College of technology, Salem. Tamilnadu,India.
3)School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, JIT, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
Email:tvasukiece@gmail.com

Received:30, Dec,2014 Accepted: 02,Feb,2014.


Abstract
Optical network introduction has been one of the most significant changes in the telecommunications industry in recent years. With the
increasing deployment and growth in optical transport networks, solving the classic network design problem of optimizing quality and scalability
becomes ever critical. The fundamental designing objectives in an optical network concern the optimizations regarding the following two metrics:
The first one is to minimize the network total cost. The second one is to maintain an acceptable quality of service (QoS). SDH (synchronous
digital hierarchy) is a strictly planned system in optical backbone network. The SDH deploy the multiple section shared protection ring (MS-
SPRing/2) architecture. The synchronous transport module (STM) is the fiber optic network standard and the currently supported levels are
STM-1, STM-4, STM-16, STM-64, STM-256. One of the problems behind in the STM-16 under the MS-SPRing is that it supports only 16 nodes
in primary ring connection. One of the top internet service providers in INDIA is Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd; they use the back bone topology as
ring topology with various numbers of nodes. So, this paper proposed the analysis that increases the number of nodes in the STM-16 up to 24,
32 and also analyses the network parameters such as throughput, packet delivery ratio and end to end delay of the network.
Keywords: SONET/SDH, optical back bone network, Ring topology, Network parameters, STM.
INTRODUCTION
control, Remote surgery etc. Mostly SONET (synchronous optical
Today’s communication network can be considered to consist of
network) and SDH (synchronous digital hierarchy) standard has
three sub networks: Access networks (spanning about 1-10kms),
been used to deploy these networks. One of the top internet service
Metropolitan (covering 10-100 Kms) and Backbone (extending to
providers in INDIA is Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd; they use the back
100s and 1000s of km). Each of these sub networks has different
bone topology as ring topology with various numbers of nodes. The
functions to perform hence; each has a different set of challenges,
SDH have been deployed three ring architectures: two-
technological requirements and research problems. Network design
fiber unidirectional path-switched ring (UPSR) in SONET or sub network
can be formulated as an optimization problem where the total cost is
connection protection (SNCP) in SDH, four-fiber bidirectional line-
minimized subject to the topology, demand, and performance
switched rings (BLSR/4) in SONET or multiplex section shared
constraints. The designer chooses where the nodes and links are
protection ring/4 (MS-SPRing/4) in SDH and two-fiber bidirectional
placed and their capacities and how the traffic is routed. The
line-switched ring ( BLSR/2) in SONET or multiplex section shared
constraints on node and link locations are determined and the
protection ring/2 (MS-SPRing/2) in SDH.
expected demands are given to design an optimal network. Optical
technology solves the bandwidth problem in access networks since it The synchronous transport module (STM) is the fiber optic
is provides 10-100 times more bandwidth over large coverage area network standard and the currently supported levels are STM-1,
compared to its counterpart technologies. The back bone network STM-4, STM-16, STM-64, STM-256. As the day increases similarly
has optical network nodes interconnected by mesh (or) ring topology number of users increases in every day but one of the problems in
with fiber links [1]. Traffic from the end users, (which could be an STM-16 under MS-SPRing is that it will allow only 16 nodes in the
aggregate activity from a collection of terminals) is collected by the primary ring connection. So it increases the traffic as well as
access networks and fed into back bone networks through metro availability of the network to the users.
networks. This high bandwidth traffic is carried on a back bone
network from one end to other by optical communication channels [3].
The optical back bone network is a back bone network where the
exchange of data occurs using light paths, i.e. network operators
covering large areas operate a number of head ends interconnected
through an optical link. The design of a back bone network involves
finding the values of variables such that the network cost is
minimized. The back bone uses a fiber optic to transport the
information [3].
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Today’s optical networks are carrying enormous traffic which is
doubling almost every year. The traffic includes voice, video, data Fig(1) Two fiber MS-Spring
and various real time application services like remote monitoring and
African Journal of Science and Research , 2015,(3)7:26-29 27

OPTICAL BACK BONE NETWORK submarine depend on. Supporting faster transmission speeds and
greater bandwidth requirements optical fiber meets those needs of
A backbone network or network backbone is a part of computer consumers, businesses and government agencies around the world
network infrastructure that interconnects various pieces of network, [3]. A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network that
providing a path for the exchange of information between usually spans a city or a large campus. A MAN usually interconnects
different LANs or sub networks. a number of local area networks (LANs) using a high-capacity
backbone technology, such as fiber-optical links, and provides up-
link services to wide area networks (or WAN) and the Internet.[2Its
geographic scope falls between a WAN and LAN. MANs provide
Internet connectivity for LANs in a metropolitan region, and connect
them to wider area networks like the Internet. [3] Access devices
normally exist at a customer's premises, unit, or wireless base
station. This is the network that connects customer equipment, and
may include ONT and/or Residential gateway, or office router.
Aggregation occurs on a distribution network such as
an ODN segment[4]. Often Passive Optical Network, microwave
or Digital Subscriber Line technologies are employed, but some
using point-to-point Ethernet over "home-run" direct fiber. This part of
the network includes nodes such as Multi Tenanted Unit
switches, Optical line terminals in an outside plant or central
office cabinet, Ethernet in the First Mile equipment, or provider
bridges.[5]A MAN may include the transport technologies
MPLS, PBB-TE and T-MPLS, each with its own resiliency and
management solutions. A core network often uses IP-MPLS to
connect different MANs together. Much of the functionality of
Ethernet MANs such as virtual private lines or virtual private
networks is implemented by the use of Ethernet VLAN tags that
allow differentiation of each part of the network[6]. Logical
differentiation of the physical network helps to identify the rights that
the traffic has and to ease the management of hosts' access rights
Fig. 2 Example network model with respect to other users and networks.

A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same ACCESS NETWORK
building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide An access network is that part of a telecommunications network
areas. Normally, the backbone's capacity is greater than the which connects subscribers to their immediate service provider. It is
networks connected to it [4]. Optical backbone network is a back contrasted with the core network, (for example the Network
bone network where the exchange of data occurs using light paths. Switching Subsystem in GSM) which connects local providers to
The design of a back bone network involves finding the values of each other. The access network may be further divided between
variables such that the Increase the number of nodes (No.of.users) feeder plant or distribution network, and drop plant or edge network
maximized [3]. The back bone uses a fiber optic to transport the [5]. An access network or outside plant refers to the series of wires,
information. cables and equipment lying between a consumer/business telephone
termination point (the point at which a telephone connection reaches
Back bone network topology used in Synchronous Optical the customer) and the local telephone exchange.The local exchange
Networking (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) is contains banks of automated switching equipment to direct a call or
standardized protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams connection to the consumer. The access network is perhaps one of
over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light transmission the oldest assets a telecoms operator owns, and is constantly
rates data can also be transferred via an electrical interface. The evolving, growing as new customers are connected, and as new
method was developed to replace the Plesiochronous Digital services are offered. This makes the access network one of the most
Hierarchy (PDH) system for transporting large amounts complex networks in the world to maintain and keep track [4].
of telephone calls and data traffic over the same fiber without A. Access Network Process
synchronization problems [5]. SONET/SDH allowed for the
simultaneous transport of many different circuits of differing origin The process of communicating with a network begins with an
within a single framing protocol. access attempt, in which one or more users interact with a
communications system to enable initiation of user information
METROPOLITAN NETWORK transfer. An access attempt itself begins with an issuance of an
access request by an access originator [2]. An access attempt ends
Today's global economy depends on a secure, reliable and robust
either in successful access or in access failure - an unsuccessful
communications infrastructure to support the ever growing demand
access that results in termination of the attempt in any manner other
for cost-effective bandwidth. Optical fiber provides the platform on
than initiation of user information transfer between the intended
which virtually all telecommunications networks, including long
source and destination (sink) within the specified maximum access
distance, local access, regional, competitive local exchange and
time. Access failure can be the result of access outage, user
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blocking, incorrect access, or access denial. Access denial (system operations systems of much greater power than previous
blocking) can include: Access failure caused by the issuing of a transmission networks [1]. STM-1: (Synchronous Transport Module
system blocking signal by a communication system that does not level-1)isthe SDH ITU-T fiber optic network transmission standard. It
have a call-originator camp-on feature [4]. Access failure caused by has a bit rate of 155.52 Mbit/s. higher levels go up by a factor of 4 at
exceeding the maximum access time and nominal system access a time: the other currently supported levels are STM-4, STM-
time fraction during an access attempt. 16, STM-64 and STM-256[1]. Wavelength-division multiplexing
(WDM) commonly used in submarine cabling [2]. The STM-1 base
frame is structured with the following characteristics: Length: 270
column x 9 row = 2430 bytes Duration: (Frame repetition time): 125
μs i.e. 8000 frame/s. Rate: (Frame capacity): 2430 x 8 x 8000 =
155.520 Mbit/s. Payload : 2349bytes x 8bits x 8000frames/sec =
150.336 Mbit/s.

Fig. 3 Access network model


B. Network model
A Network of N nodes topology is made by optical nodes
interconnected by bidirectional optical links. Each optical link
supports W wavelength, any node is having Ti Transmitters and RI
receivers and every node is equipped with an optical cross connect
(oxc) with full wavelength conversion capability is assumed. In this Fig. 4 SDH frame structure
paper a light path is established between any node pair if resources PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
(an optical transmitter at the source, an optical receiver at the
designation. And at least a wavelength on each fiber link is available A .Throughput
along the path. DWDM is a technology which is used for long
distance transmission of signals at many wavelengths on a single The definition of link throughput from node
fiber[8]. DWDM, an optical technology used to increase bandwidth source to destination is given below:
over existing optical backbones. DWDM, an optical technology used
to increase bandwidth over existing fiber optical backbones [1]. A key
advantage to DWDM is that it's protocol- and bit-rate-independent.
DWDM-based networks can transmit data in IP, ATM, SONET /SDH,
and Ethernet, and handle bit rates between 100 Mb/s and 2.5 Gb/s. B. Packet Delivery Ratio
Therefore, DWDM-based networks can carry different types of traffic
at different speeds over an optical channel. Today's DWDM systems The ratio of the number of delivered data packets to the
use 50 GHz or even 25 GHz channel spacing for up to 160 channel destination. This illustrates the level of delivered data to the
operation. DWDM Backbone Networks works into three classes: destination.
Simple point-point DWDM link [2]. DWDM wavelength routing with
∑ Number of packet receive / ∑ Number of packet send
electronic TDM (time domain multiplexing) and switching/routing
backbone network, and All-optical DWDM network [1]. The greater value of packet delivery ratio means the better
SONET/SDH performance of the protocol.
Synchronous optical network and synchronous digital hierarchy C. End-to-End Delay
refer to a group of fiber-optic transmission rates that can transport
The average time taken by a data packet is to arrive in the
digital signals with different capacities. It is a high speed network and
destination. It also includes the delay caused by route discovery
their frame structures permit it to support a very flexible set of bearer
process and the queue in data packet transmission. Only the data
services.SDH has provided transmission networks with a vendor-
packets that successfully delivered to destinations that counted.
independent and sophisticated signal structure that has a rich feature
set. This has resulted in new network applications, the deployment of ∑ (arrive time – send time) / ∑ Number of connections
new equipment in new network topologies, and management by
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The lower value of end to end delay means the better respect to TCP is obviously higher that of UDP because TCP is the
performance of the protocol. connection oriented, lossless protocol.Fig4.shows the packet
delivery ratio of the TCP and UDP protocol for different number of
RESULT ANALYSIS nodes in the optical network. And the fig.5.shows the average end to
The figure shows below are different parameter metrics of end delay of the network. Here we observe that the delay of the TCP
proposed variation in optical backbone network. Simulation is carried is higher than the UDP protocol.
out at different scenarios. Here for simulation the optical equivalent
speed and equivalent standards are given. The observation being CONCLUSION
with number of node with the two different protocols (TCP, UDP) and
the date rate is 155.52Mbps (STM-16). Then the packet size of From this analysis we conclude that if there is increased node in
2000kb for both TCP and UDP protocol and the increasing the network does not affect the data rate of the optical signal. Here the
number of nodes are the observation count increases. Toward the performance parameters shows the data rate of increased nodes will
end of the observation nodes are allowed to move with random not change up to 32 nodes. This analysis is made easy to design the
velocity (average velocity of 2.254m/sec). optical backbone ring network design up to 32 nodes in STM-16
demand rate used in BSNL. In future the STM rate will be increased
from 32 and above up to the data rate remain constant node and
then analysis the network performance parameters such as
throughput, jitter, latency and packet delivery ratio of the increased
nodes and also for different network parameters.
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Fig(7) Average End to End Delay


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over the UDP protocol is shown fig.2. The average throughput with

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