RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Experimental assessment of a cognitive mechanism to reduce the impact of outdated TEDs in optical networks A1 Durán Barroso, Ramón José A1 Fernández, Natalia A1 Siracusa, Domenico A1 Francescon, Antonio A1 Miguel Jiménez, Ignacio de A1 Rodríguez, Ignacio A1 Aguado Manzano, Juan Carlos A1 Salvadori, Elio A1 Lorenzo Toledo, Rubén Mateo K1 Redes ópticas K1 Optical networks AB We have recently proposed and demonstrated, by means of simulation, the benefits of a simple yet effective cognitive technique to enhance stateless Path Computation Element algorithms with the aim of reducing the connection blocking probability when relying on a potentially non-up-to-date traffic engineering database. In this paper, we employ that technique, called elapsed time matrix (ETM), in the framework of the CHRON (Cognitive Heterogeneous Reconfigurable Optical Network) architecture and, more importantly, validate and analyze its performance in an emulation environment (rather than in a simulation environment) supporting impairment-aware lightpath establishment. Not only dynamic lightpath establishment on demand has been studied, but also restoration processes when facing optical link failures. Emulation results demonstrate that ETM reduces the blocking probability when establishing lightpaths on demand, and increases the percentage of successful restorations in case of optical link failure. Moreover, the use of that technique has little impact on lightpath setup time and lightpath restoration time, respectively. PB Springer SN 1572-8188 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33490 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33490 LA eng NO Photonic Network Communications, 2016, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 259–271 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 26-abr-2024