Reliable telecommunication network design problem under node failure

Abstract

The design of telecommunication network with capacity constraints of links, routers and ports of routers is considered in this paper. Specially, we limit each demand flow traversed through within a pre-specifed number of links (called hops) under node failure scenarios in IP layer network. Such a design must be the most cost-effective and ensure that feasible flows continue to exist even when any relay node of the network fails. We propose a reliable mixed-integer programming (MIP) model with multiscenario constraints to optimally design a minimum-cost survivable IP network that continues to support a good communication under any node failure scenario. Then transform the MIP model to many single scenario models containing simplified MIPs, nonlinear programming (NLP) models and MIP models under Benders decomposition. Three heuristic methods are proposed to solve these models including branch-and-bound algorithm, global algorithm for NLP, and heuristic algorithm based on benders decomposition.