Method for reorganizing wavelength division multiplexing network using dynamic watermarks

A method of organizing a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network using a dynamic watermark, the method comprising:

• providing an upper watermark and a lower watermark for a current period;
• collecting load information for optical paths of the WDM network from nodes on the optical paths;
• detecting optical paths having a maximum load and a minimum load from the collected load information and computing a maximum value MAX and a minimum value MIN based on the collected load information, wherein the maximum value MAX is a ratio of the maximum load of the maximum load optical path to optical path capacity and the minimum value MIN is a ratio of the minimum load of the minimum load optical path to optical path capacity;
• computing the upper watermark and the lower watermark for a next period based on the maximum value MAX and the minimum value MIN;
• and
• setting a number of optical paths among nodes of the WDM network for data transmission in the next period based on the computed upper watermark and the lower watermark for the next period,
• wherein the upper watermark for the next period is computed by an equation as follows:
• WHt+1=WHt−Δ·δH,
• wherein WHt+1 represents the upper watermark for the next period, WHt represents the upper watermark for the current period, δH indicates a difference between the upper watermark for the current period WHt and the maximum value MAX in the current period, and Δ is a system factor having a value greater than 0 but less than or equal to 1.