Remove and contraction: A novel method for calculating the reliability of Ethernet ring mesh networks

Fathollah Bistouni and Mohsen Jahanshahi

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2017, vol. 167, issue C, 362-375

Abstract: Reliability is a key parameter in Ethernet ring mesh networks. Therefore, an accurate analysis of reliability in Ethernet ring mesh including single or multiple rings is a main requirement. Since the calculation of reliability in such networks is an NP-hard problem, nearly most of the previous methods in this regard, were based on approximation. In this article, a new method namely, Remove and Contraction (R&C) is presented which is applicable to Ethernet ring mesh networks for precise calculation of reliability. In addition, the proposed method is a general method, which can be used for reliability analysis in other network systems as well. The analyses show the superiority of the R&C method to previous methods in terms of accuracy.

Keywords: Ethernet ring mesh networks; Reliability; Topology; Remove and contraction; Failure rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2017.06.016

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