@techreport{TR-IC-13-23,
   number = {IC-13-23},
   author = {Helder M. N. S. Oliveira \and Nelson L. S. da Fonseca},
   title  =  {{Algorithm  for FIPP p-cycle Path Protection in Flexgrid
                   Networks}},
   month = {October},
   year = {2013},
   institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
   note = {In English, 12 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}
       In  optical  networks,  faults in links and nodes cause massive
       loss  of  data even if for short periods. Therefore, protection
       techniques  have  been  developed  to cope with failures. Among
       these  techniques, p-cycle is very attractive since it provides
       ring-like  speed  of  restoration in mesh topologies. In recent
       years,  the  technology  of  flexgrid networks has emerged as a
       solution for dealing with the diversity of bandwidth demands of
       network  applications.  However,  very  few investigations have
       been  proposed  for  path protection in flexgrid networks. This
       paper    introduces    a    novel    algorithm    to    provide   
       Failure-independent path protecting p-cycle for path protection
       in   flexgrid   networks.   Results  indicate  that  the  100\% 
       protection  for  single  failures  provided  by  the  algorithm 
       produces  low  overhead  under  different scenarios and provide
       protection  for  dual  failures at a certain extend in networks
       with large connectivity.
  }
}