An improved algorithm for optimal lightpath establishment on a tree topology

Routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) aims to assign the limited number of wavelengths in a wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) optical network so as to achieve greater capacity. In a recent paper, Datta et al. studied the problem of establishing a set of disjoint lightpaths on a tree topology using a single wavelength to maximize the total traffic supported by the chosen set of lightpaths. They discussed applications of this problem to RWA and presented a dynamic programming algorithm which optimally solves this problem in /spl Oscr/(n/sup 4/+n/spl Dscr//sup 3/) time, where n is the number of nodes in the network and /spl Dscr/ is the maximum node degree. In this paper, we present an improved algorithm with a time complexity of /spl Oscr/(n/sup 2/+n/spl Dscr//sup 2/).