@article{Petridou200942,
title = {A clustering-driven medium access control protocol for WDM star networks},
author = { S.G. Petridou and P.G. Sarigiannidis and G.I. Papadimitriou and A.S. Pomportsis},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233835645_A_clustering-driven_medium_access_control_protocol_for_WDM_star_networks},
doi = {10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.04.003},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
journal = {Optics and Laser Technology},
volume = {41},
number = {1},
pages = {42-52},
abstract = {Channel assignment and nodes' service order are two key issues that have to be addressed when designing medium access control (MAC) protocols for WDM star networks. Traditional scheduling techniques consider either channel assignment or nodes' service order issues. Furthermore, they make use of information such as data channels or receivers' availability, without combining it with senders' demands. This paper introduces a novel approach to message scheduling algorithms for WDM star networks, which is driven by clustering techniques. The proposed clustering driven-minimum scheduling latency (CD-MSL) scheme combines all the aforementioned information to create groups of similar source nodes on the basis of the destination nodes of their messages, aiming at rearranging nodes' service order and improving network performance. Extensive simulation results are presented, which indicate that the proposed clustering-driven scheme leads to a significantly higher throughput-delay performance, in comparison to conventional scheduling algorithms. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
keywords = {Clustering, Scheduling, WDM star networks},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Petridou2008863,
title = {Clustering-based scheduling: A new class of scheduling algorithms for single-hop lightwave networks},
author = { S.G. Petridou and P.G. Sarigiannidis and G.I. Papadimitriou and A.S. Pomportsis},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220548025_Clustering-based_scheduling_A_new_class_of_scheduling_algorithms_for_single-hop_lightwave_networks},
doi = {10.1002/dac.929},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-01-01},
journal = {International Journal of Communication Systems},
volume = {21},
number = {8},
pages = {863-887},
abstract = {In wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) star networks, the construction of the transmission schedule is a key issue, which essentially affects the network performance. Up to now, classic scheduling techniques consider the nodes' requests in a sequential service order. However, these approaches are static and do not take into account the individual traffic pattern of each node. Owing to this major drawback, they suffer from low performance, especially when operating under asymmetric traffic. In this paper, a new class of scheduling algorithms for WDM star networks, which is based on the use of clustering techniques, is introduced. According to the proposed Clustering-Based Scheduling Algorithm (CBSA), the network's nodes are organized into clusters, based on the number of their requests per channel. Then, their transmission priority is defined beginning from the nodes belonging to clusters with higher demands and ending to the nodes of clusters with fewer requests. The main objective of the proposed scheme is to minimize the length of the schedule by rearranging the nodes' service order. Furthermore, the proposed CBSA scheme adopts a prediction mechanism to minimize the computational complexity of the scheduling algorithm. Extensive simulation results are presented, which clearly indicate that the proposed approach leads to a significantly higher throughput-delay performance when compared with conventional scheduling algorithms. We believe that the proposed clustering-based approach can be the base of a new generation of high-performance scheduling algorithms for WDM star networks.},
keywords = {Clustering, prediction, Reservation, Scheduling, WDM star networks},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Petridou20082999,
title = {On the use of clustering algorithms for message scheduling in WDM star networks},
author = { S.G. Petridou and P.G. Sarigiannidis and G.I. Papadimitriou and A.S. Pomportsis},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224367225_On_the_Use_of_Clustering_Algorithms_for_Message_Scheduling_in_WDM_Star_Networks},
doi = {10.1109/JLT.2008.926913},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Lightwave Technology},
volume = {26},
number = {17},
pages = {2999-3010},
abstract = {Scheduling algorithms in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) single-hop networks aim at producing an effective schedule in order to improve the networks' performance. Apart from channel assignment, the message sequencing is an important issue that have to be addressed when designing media access control (MAC) protocols for WDM networks. Up until now, popular approaches have not extensively addressed the order in which the messages are scheduled even though the messages' service order can considerably contribute to the advance of network performance. This paper introduces a new approach to the design of message scheduling algorithms for WDM star networks, which is based on the use of clustering techniques. The proposed clustering oriented - earliest available time scheduling (CO-EATS) creates groups of nodes whose messages are destined to common nodes. The goal of the proposed CO-EATS scheme is to decrease the probability of scheduling messages to the same destination at successive order. The simulation results have shown that the proposed scheme improves channel utilization and as a result it leads to higher network throughput while it keeps mean packet delay at low levels in comparison with conventional scheduling algorithms. © 2008 IEEE.},
keywords = {Clustering, Optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks, Reservation, Scheduling},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}