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简介：Asthewavelengthdivisionmultiplexing(WDM)technologymaturesandthedemandsforbandwidthincrease,survivabilitybecomesmoreandmoreimportantingeneralizedmulti-protocollabelswitching(GMPLS)controlledintelligentopticalnetworks(IONs).Therearegreatintereststostudytheperformanceofrestorabilityunderonecertainconnectionmanagementstrategy.Andstudiesintheproblemofprovidingrecoveryfromlinkfailuresundertwodifferentresourcereservationschemes,forwardreservationprotocols(FRPs)andbackwardreservationprotocols(BRPs),arepresented.Theyareexaminedfromthepointofviewofconnectionblockingprobability,restorabilityandaveragerecoverytime.Thetwodifferentconnectionmanagementschemesandthesurveyofdifferentrecoveryschemesarefirstpresented.Theperformanceoftheserecoverystrategiesisanalyzedandcomparedboththroughtheoreticalanalysisandsimulationresults.ThemainstressedideaisthatusingBRPsgivesthebestperformanceintermsofrestorabilityandblockingprobabilityinrestorableGMPLSnetworks.