Route selection in optical networks based on machine learning

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface configured to communicate with one or more computing device;
• and
• a processor coupled to the network interface, the processor configured to:
• obtain via the network interface, a plurality of attributes characterizing an optical network, the optical network comprising a plurality of network nodes including the apparatus;
• calculate a plurality of cost values for sending data from the apparatus to one or more next hop network nodes that are connected to the apparatus, wherein a particular cost value among the plurality of cost values is associated with a probability of success of sending the data to a particular next hop network node among the one or more next hop network nodes based on a particular permutation of the plurality of attributes characterizing the optical network;
• generate a routing table correlating a plurality of permutations of the attributes with each next hop network node based on the plurality of cost values;
• and
• detect at least one new network node in the optical network from a new permutation of the attributes characterizing the optical network.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and, when the software is executed on a processor of a first network node of an optical network, operable to cause a processor to:

• obtain a plurality of attributes characterizing the optical network, the optical network comprising a plurality of network nodes connected by a plurality of optical links;
• calculate a plurality of cost values for sending data from the first network node to one or more next hop network nodes that are connected to the first network node, wherein a particular cost value among the plurality of cost values is associated with a probability of success of sending the data to a particular next hop network node among the one or more next hop network nodes based on a particular permutation of the plurality of attributes characterizing the optical network;
• generate a routing table correlating a plurality of permutations of the attributes with each next hop network node based on the plurality of cost values;
• and
• detect at least one new network node in the optical network from a new permutation of the attributes characterizing the optical network.