TY - GEN
T1 - An enhanced Ant Colony Optimization for FTTH access network design
AU - Chu, Andrej
AU - Ouali, Anis
AU - Poon, Kin Fai
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Fiber deployment for the last mile of access networks is critical to provide bandwidth-intensive services such as high speed internet access, video on demand, online gaming, etc. However, to design a cost-effective FTTH access network, it requires the consideration of many factors, such as the number, positions of network components and routing of cables. Usually, the difficulty of producing consistent and costeffective solutions is proportional to the size and complexity of the network. In the past, many approaches based on metaheuristics and mixed integer linear programming were applied to solve this kind of problem with different outcomes. In this paper, we focus on how Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) method can be employed to solve this problem effectively. Different network examples will be provided to illustrate optimal or near optimal solutions.
AB - Fiber deployment for the last mile of access networks is critical to provide bandwidth-intensive services such as high speed internet access, video on demand, online gaming, etc. However, to design a cost-effective FTTH access network, it requires the consideration of many factors, such as the number, positions of network components and routing of cables. Usually, the difficulty of producing consistent and costeffective solutions is proportional to the size and complexity of the network. In the past, many approaches based on metaheuristics and mixed integer linear programming were applied to solve this kind of problem with different outcomes. In this paper, we focus on how Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) method can be employed to solve this problem effectively. Different network examples will be provided to illustrate optimal or near optimal solutions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867768447&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NOC.2012.6249910
DO - 10.1109/NOC.2012.6249910
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867768447
SN - 9781467309516
T3 - 2012 17th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications, NOC 2012, 7th Conference on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure, OC and I 2012
BT - 2012 17th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications, NOC 2012, 7th Conference on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure, OC and I 2012
T2 - 2012 17th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications, NOC 2012
Y2 - 20 June 2012 through 22 June 2012
ER -