High Speed Multipath Computation Algorithm for Optical Circuit and Packet Switching Integrated Network

Optical circuit and packet integrated network is a promising network architecture that can deal with various sizes/types of data efficiently. In this integrated network, paths (routes) for circuit and packet switching are assumed to be calculated and selected independently. However, this approach is insufficient in terms of efficiency and rapidity of total path calculation. Calculating appropriate paths with shorter computation time is necessary. In this paper, we propose and evaluate a high-speed multipath computation method that quickly calculates end-to-end paths for optical circuit switching by making use of the calculation results of next hop information for packet switching.