IP Library Granted Patent US 12,513,047
Granted Patent B2
US 12,513,047 · App. 18/266,342 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Connection optimization device, connection optimization method, and program

Inventors: Takeru Inoue (Musashino, JP); Toru Mano (Musashino, JP); Kazuya Anazawa (Musashino, JP); Hideki Nishizawa (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04L41/0823H04L41/142H04Q11/0062
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Patent No.
US 12,513,047
App. No.
18/266,342
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connection optimization device that optimizes connections between a plurality of FXC switches for switching connections of optical fibers includes a optimization unit for receiving, as inputs, a number k of FXC switches, a number n of sending/receiving ports, and a connection probability matrix C of the sending/receiving ports and swapping rows and columns of the connection probability matrix C so as to maximize an expected value D in which a connection probability using a short path connecting between the sending/receiving ports connected in the same FXC switch becomes the largest, and a swapping port information output unit for outputting difference information between the connection probability matrix C and the optimization matrix C* in which the rows and the columns are swapped by the optimization unit.

Claims (11)

1 . A connection optimization device that optimizes connections between a plurality of fiber cross-connects (FXC) switches for switching connections of optical fibers, comprising:

an optimization unit implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to receive, as inputs, a number of the FXC switches, a number of sending/receiving ports and a connection probability matrix of the sending/receiving ports and swap rows and columns of the connection probability matrix so as to maximize an expected value in which a connection probability using a short path connecting between the sending/receiving ports connected in the same FXC switch becomes the largest; and

a swapping port information output unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to output difference information between the connection probability matrix and an optimization matrix in which the rows and the columns are swapped in the optimization unit.

2 . The connection optimization device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a network configuration enumeration unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to receive the number of FXC switches and the number of sending/receiving ports as inputs and enumerate a plurality of network configurations representing connections of the FXC switches for connecting between the sending ports and the receiving ports; and

an optimum network configuration generation unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to receive the optimization matrix as input and generate a minimum network configuration that satisfies an allowable occlusion rate representing an allowable value of probability in which lines of the optical fibers connecting between users are not connected, in place of the swapping port information output unit,

wherein the optimization unit swaps the rows and the columns of the connection probability matrix so as to maximize the expected value in which the connection probability using the short path becomes the largest for each of the plurality of network configurations.

3 . A connection optimization method that optimizes connections between a plurality of fiber cross-connects (FXC) switches executed by a connection optimization device, the connection optimization method comprising:

receiving, as inputs, a number of the FXC switches, a number of sending/receiving ports and a connection probability matrix of the sending/receiving ports and swapping rows and columns of the connection probability matrix so as to maximize an expected value in which a connection probability using a short path connecting between the sending/receiving ports connected in the same FXC switch becomes the largest; and

outputting difference information between the connection probability matrix and an optimization matrix in which the rows and the columns are swapped.

4 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a one or more computer to function as the connection optimization device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072471/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: INOUE, TAKERU; MANO, TORU; ANAZAWA, KAZUYA; NISHIZAWA, HIDEKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063905/0768 →
Continuity (1)
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