PROJECT TITLE :

Net2plan: an open source network planning tool for bridging the gap between academia and industry

ABSTRACT:

The plethora of network designing results published in high-ranked journals is a good sign of the success of the network coming up with analysis field. Unfortunately, it is usually tough for network carriers and ISPs to reproduce these investigations on their networks. This is partially as a result of of the absence of a software designing tool, meeting the necessities of trade and academia, which will build the difference and validation of coming up with algorithms less time consuming. We describe how a paradigm shift to an open supply read of the network coming up with field emphasizes the power of distributed peer review and transparency to form high-quality software at an accelerated pace and lower cost. Then we present Net2Plan, an open supply Java-primarily based software tool. Built on top of a technology-agnostic network illustration, it automates the elaboration of performance evaluation tests for userdefined or built-in network design algorithms, network recovery schemes, association-admission-management systems, or dynamic provisioning algorithms for timevarying traffic. The Net2Plan philosophy enforces code reutilization as an open repository of network planning resources. In this article, a case study in an exceedingly multilayer IP-over-WDM network is presented to illustrate the potential of Net2Plan. We cowl customary CAPEX studies, and additional advanced aspects like a resilience analysis of the network beneath random independent failures and disaster situations, and an energy efficiency assessment of “green” schemes that switch off parts of the network during low load periods. All the look algorithms in this text are publicly available on the Net2Plan web site.