Fairness considerations with algorithms for elastic traffic routing

The bit rate of modern applications typically varies in time. We consider the traffic elastic if the rate of the sources can be controlled as a function of free resources along the route of that traffic. The objective is to route the demands optimally in sense of increasing the total network throughput while setting the rates of sources in a fair way. We propose a new fairness definition the relative fairness that handles lower and upper bounds on the traffic rate of each source and we compare it with two other known fairness definitions, namely, the max-min and the proportional rate fairness. We propose and compare different routing algorithms, all with three types of fairness definitions. The algorithms are all a tradeoff between network throughput, fairness and computational time

ZASTOSOWANIE INKLINOMETRÓW W MONITORINGU KONSTRUKCJI

W pracy omówiono zagadnienie pomiaru lokalnych zmian kątów obrotu elementów konstrukcji, jako metody monitorowania zachowania się ustroju konstrukcyjnego. Celem prowadzonych badań i analiz jest opracowanie metody pomiarów, która mogłaby zostać wykorzystana w systemach monitoringu konstrukcji, jako alternatywa dla tradycyjnego pomiaru przemieszczeń realizowanego dalmierzami laserowymi. Zaproponowano wykorzystanie inklinometrów z czujnikami MEMS, charakteryzującymi się dobrymi właściwościami metrologicznymi przy akceptowalnych kosztach. Przeanalizowano zalety i ograniczenia tej metody w relacji do alternatywnego pomiaru przemieszczeń dalmierzami laserowymi. Omówiono możliwości zastosowania inklinometrów do monitorowania typowych ustrojów konstrukcyjnych, a także przedstawiono przykład systemu monitoringu technicznego wykorzystującego taką metodę pomiaru.The paper discusses the problem of measuring local changes of rotation angles of structural elements as a method of monitoring the behavior of structure. The purpose of the research and analysis is to develop a measurement method that could be used in structure monitoring systems as an alternative to conventional laser distance measurement. Inclinometers with MEMS sensors having good metrological properties at acceptable costs, were proposed. The advantages and limitations of this method have been analyzed in relation to the alternative measurement of displacement with laser rangefinders. The possibility of using inclinometers to monitor of typical structures is discussed, as well as an example of a technical monitoring system using such a measurement method

Path Diversity Protection in Two-Layer Networks

The paper addresses an optimization problem related to dimensioning links in a resilient two-layer network. A particular version of the problem which assumes that links of the upper layer are supported by unique paths in the lower layer is considered. Two mixed-integer programming formulations of this problem are presented and discussed. Direct resolving of these formulations requirespre-selection of "good" candidate paths in the upper layer of the network. Thus, the paper presents an alternative approach which is based on decomposing the resolution process into two phases, resolved iteratively. The first phase subproblem is related to designing lower layer path flows that provide the capacities for the logical links of the upper layer. The second phase is related to designing the flow patterns in the upper layer with protection assured through diversity of paths. In this phase we take into account the failures of the logical links that result from the failures of the lower layer links (so called shared risk link groups)