In this paper, a novel load-balance algorithm is proposed to provide an approach to optimized path selection in
automatically swiched optical network (ASON). By using this algorithm, improved survivability and low congestion can
be achieved. The static nature of current routing algorithms, such as OSPF or IS-IS, has made the situation worse since
the traffic is concentrated on the "least-cost" paths which causes the congestion for some links while leaving other links
lightly loaded. So, the key is to select suitable paths to balance the network load to optimize network resource utilization
and traffic performance. We present a method to provide the capability to control traffic engineering so that the carriers
can define their own strategies for optimizations and apply them to path selection for dynamic load balancing. With
considering load distribution and topology information, capacity utilization factor is introduced into Dijkstra (shortest
path selection) for path selection to achieve balancing traffic over network. Routing simulations have been done over
mesh networks to compare the two different algorithms. With the simulation results, a conclusion can be made on the
performance of different algorithms.
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