LYNX - Optical Network Planner

Abstract

Re-structuring backbone networks is physically impractical and expensive. Network operators needs to carry out careful network planning manually, designing networks topologies while keeping room for network upgradability in future. Vigilant network planning needs to be carried out manually between regional planners to propose sustainable and upgradeable network solutions, however manual network planning brings with it tedious tasks of files maintenance containing multiple versions of network topology designs, network elements structures and traffic patterns. Any upgrades or changes in backbone networks involves slow and frictional process, due to collaboration required between regional planners that adds unnecessary delays to the whole network planning for provisioning of network bandwidth. Even after careful planning, the network elements might not be in an optimal utilized state which results in serving the given network traffic at superfluous network costs and hence requiring high network CAPEX and OPEX. The problems in existing solution like files maintenance, delays between regional planners collaboration and inefficient utilization of network can be resolved by our application .i.e. Lynx Corenet Simulator, an application that allows network operators to simulate network designs and provide results for optimal network utilization by automatically performing routing and wavelength or light channel assignment, along with that our application has the ability to maintain the signal quality in network by identifying the optimal positions for amplifier placement dynamically, keeping in view multiple state-of-the-art network design constraints. The network model can be simulated multiple times by network engineers to test out multiple network topologies and traffic patterns, providing operators a centralized view of the whole network for better monitoring and control, reducing the friction between the regional planners which results in unnecessary delays in provisioning of networks. Lastly, our application provides the optimal solution for network elements utilization that helps in bringing down the CAPEX, OPEX and network costs overall.