Network reliability with geographically correlated failures

S Neumayer, E Modiano - 2010 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fiber-optic networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as tornadoes or earthquakes,
as well as to physical failures, such as an anchor cutting underwater fiber cables. Such real …

Modeling stochastic correlated failures and their effects on network reliability

M Rahnamay-Naeini, JE Pezoa, G Azar… - 2011 Proceedings of …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The physical infrastructure of communication networks is vulnerable to spatially correlated
failures arising from various physical stresses such as natural disasters (earthquakes and …

Assessing the impact of geographically correlated network failures

S Neumayer, G Zussman, R Cohen… - MILCOM 2008-2008 …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or floods,
as well as to human attacks, such as an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Such real …

Measuring the survivability of networks to geographic correlated failures

X Long, D Tipper, T Gomes - Optical Switching and Networking, 2014 - Elsevier
Wide area backbone communication networks are subject to a variety of hazards that can
result in network component failures. Hazards such as power failures and storms can lead to …

Network survivability in large-scale regional failure scenarios

B Bassiri, SS Heydari - Proceedings of the 2nd Canadian Conference on …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
In this short paper we present a preliminary study of the impact of large-scale failures on
communication networks. Models for study of large-scale failures are studied and unique …

Assessing network vulnerability under probabilistic region failure model

X Wang, X Jiang, A Pattavina - 2011 IEEE 12th International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The mission critical network infrastructures are facing potential large region threats, both
intentional (like EMP attack, bomb explosion) and natural (like earthquake, flooding). The …

The resilience of WDM networks to probabilistic geographical failures

PK Agarwal, A Efrat, SK Ganjugunte… - IEEE/ACM …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Telecommunications networks, and in particular optical WDM networks, are vulnerable to
large-scale failures in their physical infrastructure, resulting from physical attacks (such as …

Geographic max-flow and min-cut under a circular disk failure model

S Neumayer, A Efrat, E Modiano - Computer Networks, 2015 - Elsevier
Failures in fiber-optic networks may be caused by natural disasters, such as floods or
earthquakes, as well as other events, such as an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack. These …

Finding critical regions and region-disjoint paths in a network

S Trajanovski, FA Kuipers, A Ilić… - IEEE/ACM …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to their importance to society, communication networks should be built and operated to
withstand failures. However, cost considerations make network providers less inclined to …

Scalability of network-failure resilience: Analysis using multi-layer probabilistic graphical models

G Liu, C Ji - IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we quantify scalability of network resilience upon failures. We characterize
resilience as the percentage of lost traffic upon failures and define scalability as the growth …