Availability of WDM Multi Ring Networks

This paper presents a new approach to modeling the availability of the networks composed of multiple interconnected rings in two nodes. For availability modeling method algebraic formulation is used. Using this method, through the availability of multiple ring networks consisting of two and three-rings connected to two nodes, a general expression for the availability between two terminals of multiple ring networks is derived. To perform the expression some real assumptions were taken and the analytical calculation showed that the use of these expressions under these assumptions provides real values for availability between the two terminals of multiple ring networks. Information on the availability of links and nodes is taken from previously published works.