DOCTORAT EN CO-ACCREDITATION TE´LE´COM SUDPARIS- INSTITUT MINES–TE´LE´COM ET L’UNIVERSITE´ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE Sp´ecialit´e : R´eseaux et T´el´ecommunications E´cole Doctorale : Informatique, T´el´ecommunications et E´lectronique de Paris Pr´esent´ee par Djamel AMAR Pour obtenir le grade de DOCTEUR DE TE´LE´COM SUDPARIS Mod´elisation et ´evaluation des performances des r´eseaux optiques flexibles Soutenue le 12 Avril 2016 Devant le jury compos´e de : Dominique Barth Professeur, Universit´e de Versailles Rapporteur Philippe Gravey Directeur d’Etudes, T´el´ecom Bretagne Rapporteur Jean-Claude Simon Professeur Em´erite, Universit´e de Rennes I Examinateur Yvan Pointurier Ing´enieur de Recherche, Nokia Examinateur C´edric Ware Maˆıtre de Conf´erences-HDR, T´el´ecom ParisTech Examinateur Esther Le Rouzic Ing´enieur de Recherche, Orange Labs Encadrante Nicolas Brochier Ing´enieur de Recherche, Orange Labs Encadrant Catherine Lepers Professeur, T´el´ecom SudParis Directeur de th`ese Th´ese n◦ NNT 2016TELE0007 PhD DISSERTATION TE´LE´COM SUDPARIS – UNIVERSITE´ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE Discipline: Networking and Telecommunications Doctoral School: EDITE de Paris Presented by Djamel AMAR Performance Assessment and Modeling of Flexible Optical Networks Doctoral Committee: Dominique Barth Professor, Universit´e de Versailles Philippe Gravey Director of Studies, T´el´ecom Bretagne Jean-Claude Simon Emeritus Professor, Universit´e de Rennes I Yvan Pointurier Research Engineer, Nokia, Nozay C´edric Ware Associate Professor, T´el´ecom ParisTech Esther Le Rouzic Research Engineer, Orange Labs, Lannion Nicolas Brochier Research Engineer, Orange Labs, Lannion Catherine Lepers Professor, T´el´ecom SudParis Thesis n◦ NNT 2016TELE0007 Acknowledgements Foremost, I would like to thank the committee members for the great honor that they have given me by accepting to evaluate this work. I would like to thank also my academic supervisor Prof. Catherine Lepers for her precious time, and motivations during this thesis. Her guidance and insights were of great importance for both research work completion and thesis writing. I am indebted to her for teaching me both research and writing skills. I sincerely express my deepest gratitude to my Orange Labs supervisors: Esther Le RouzicandNicolasBrochierfortheirprecioushelp,numerousideas,andgreatkindness. Their patient guidance and advices are the most important keywords of this success. Throughout these three years, their immense knowledge and constructive remarks have keptmyPhDworkintherightdirection. NicolasBrochierandEstherLeRouzic, thank youverymuch! Iwillalwaysrememberyourkindnessandtheniceatmosphereinwhich our work took place. I would like to thank Maryse Guena and Ibrahim Houmid for kindly accepting me to join their team. I am thankful to my ex-manager Francoise Li´egeois for her continued support and enthusiasm. Thank you Francoise Li´egeois for your motivations and the excellent working conditions. I would like to express my deep gratitude and sincere thanks to the people who moti- vated and helped me during the preparation and the completion of this thesis. I am most grateful to the people with whom I worked and collaborated: Jean-Luc Aug´e, Nancy Perrot, Edoardo Bonetto, Sina Fazel, Mohamed Kanj, and Pr. Bernard Cousin. I owe thanks to the talented researchers who formed part of SOAN team: Bernard Arzur, Christophe Betoule, Erwan Pincemin, Gilles Thou´enon, Nicolas Pelloquin, and Paulette Gavignet. Special thanks go to Jean-Luc Barbey, Julien Meuric, and Thierry Gouillossou for their endless kindness. My sincere thanks go to my friends with whom I shared great and invaluable moments: William, Lida, Mengdi, and Ahmed (Triki). Many thanks to Bing and Danh for the valuable discussions. I am very thankful to all my family members, especially my mother Fatimetou, my brother Mohamed Lemine and my wife Soumeya for the unconditional supports, and the continued push for tenacity. To my dear daughter Samia. To the loving memory of my wonderful father Mohamed Saghir. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein