简介:SurvivabilityisoneoftheimportantissuesinATM-basednetworkssineevenasinglenetworkelementfailuremaycauseaseriousdataloss.Thispaperintroducesanewrestorationmechanismbasedonmulti-layerATMsurvivablenetworkmanagementarchitecture.ThismechanismintegratesthegeneralcontrolandrestorationcontrolbyestablishingtheWorkingVPslogicalnetwork,BackupVPslogicalnetworkandsparelogicalnetworkinordertooptimallyutilizethenetworkresourceswhilemaintainingtherestorationrequirements.