In future optical transport networks,lightpath performance analysis is of great practical significance for fully automated management.In general,the quality of transmission(QoT)of lightpaths,measured by optical qualit...In future optical transport networks,lightpath performance analysis is of great practical significance for fully automated management.In general,the quality of transmission(QoT)of lightpaths,measured by optical quality factor or optical signal-to-noise ratio,has a complex time-varying process,along with the interactions of the other lightpath state parameters(LSPs),such as transmit power,chromatic dispersion,polarization mode dispersion.Current studies are mostly focused on lightpath QoT estimation,but ignoring lightpath-level data analytics.In this case,our article proposes a novel lightpath performance analysis method considering recurrence plot(RP)and cross recurrence plot(CRP).Firstly,we give a detailed interpretation on the recurrence patterns of LSPs via a qualitative 2-D RP representation and its quantitative measure.It can potentially enable the accurate and fast lightpath failure detection with a low computational burden.On the other hand,CRP is devoted to modeling the relationships between lightpath QoT and LSPs,and the correlation degree is determined by a geometric mean of multiple indexes of cross recurrence quantification analysis.From the view of application,such CRP analysis can provide the effective knowledge sharing to guarantee more credible QoT prediction.Extensive experiments on a real-world optical network dataset have clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of our proposal.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department,Grant ZD2021088in part by the S&T Major Project of the Science and Technology Ministry of China,Grant 2017YFE0135700。
文摘In future optical transport networks,lightpath performance analysis is of great practical significance for fully automated management.In general,the quality of transmission(QoT)of lightpaths,measured by optical quality factor or optical signal-to-noise ratio,has a complex time-varying process,along with the interactions of the other lightpath state parameters(LSPs),such as transmit power,chromatic dispersion,polarization mode dispersion.Current studies are mostly focused on lightpath QoT estimation,but ignoring lightpath-level data analytics.In this case,our article proposes a novel lightpath performance analysis method considering recurrence plot(RP)and cross recurrence plot(CRP).Firstly,we give a detailed interpretation on the recurrence patterns of LSPs via a qualitative 2-D RP representation and its quantitative measure.It can potentially enable the accurate and fast lightpath failure detection with a low computational burden.On the other hand,CRP is devoted to modeling the relationships between lightpath QoT and LSPs,and the correlation degree is determined by a geometric mean of multiple indexes of cross recurrence quantification analysis.From the view of application,such CRP analysis can provide the effective knowledge sharing to guarantee more credible QoT prediction.Extensive experiments on a real-world optical network dataset have clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of our proposal.