Comparing the Reliability of Regular Topologies on a Backbone Network. A Case Study

The aim of this paper is to compare the reliability of regular topologies on a backbone network. The study is focused on a large-scale fiberoptic network. Different regular topological solutions as single ring, double ring or 4-Regular grid are applied to the case study, and compared in terms of degree, diameter, average distance, economical cost and availability. Furthermore, other non-quantitative parameters such as expandability, embeddability and algorithmic support are introduced.

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