FOSquare: A Novel Optical HPC Interconnect Network Architecture Based on Fast Optical Switches with Distributed Optical Flow Control

Interconnecting networks adopting Fast Optical Switches (FOS) can achieve high bandwidth, low latency, and low power consumption. We propose and demonstrate a novel interconnecting topology based on FOS (FOSquare) with distributed fast flow control which is suitable for HPC infrastructures. We also present an Optimized Mapping (OPM) algorithm that maps the most communication-related processes inside a rack. We numerically investigate and compare the network performance of FOSquare with Leaf-Spine under real traffic traces collected by running multiple applications (CG, MG, MILC, and MINI_MD) in an HPC infrastructure. The numerical results show that the FOSquare can reduce >10% latency with respect to Leaf-Spine under the scenario of 16 available cores.

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Novel Flat Data Center Network Architecture Based on Optical Switches With Fast Flow Control

IEEE Photonics Journal ◽

10.1109/jphot.2015.2513209 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Fulong Yan ◽

Wang Miao ◽

Harm Dorren ◽

Nicola Calabretta

Keyword(s):

Flow Control ◽

Data Center ◽

Network Architecture ◽

Optical Switches ◽

Data Center Network ◽

Fast Flow

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An overview of the 5G mobile network architecture

10.34048/2018.3.f1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Phanidra Palagummi ◽

Vedant Somani ◽

Krishna M. Sivalingam ◽

Balaji Venkat

Keyword(s):

Wireless Network ◽

Mobile Networks ◽

Network Architecture ◽

Mobile Network ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Future Generation ◽

Network Function Virtualization ◽

Low Latency ◽

High Bandwidth ◽

Network Technologies

Networking connectivity is increasingly based on wireless network technologies, especially in developing nations where the wired network infrastructure is not accessible to a large segment of the population. Wireless data network technologies based on 2G and 3G are quite common globally; 4G-based deployments are on the rise during the past few years. At the same time, the increasing high-bandwidth and low-latency requirements of mobile applications has propelled the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards organization to develop standards for the next generation of mobile networks, based on recent advances in wireless communication technologies. This standard is called the Fifth Generation (5G) wireless network standard. This paper presents a high-level overview of the important architectural components, of the advanced communication technologies, of the advanced networking technologies such as Network Function Virtualization and other important aspects that are part of the 5G network standards. The paper also describes some of the common future generation applications that require low-latency and high-bandwidth communications.

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HiFOST: A Scalable and Low-Latency Hybrid Data Center Network Architecture Based on Flow-Controlled Fast Optical Switches

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking ◽

10.1364/jocn.10.0000b1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. B1 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Fulong Yan ◽

Xuwei Xue ◽

Nicola Calabretta

Keyword(s):

Data Center ◽

Network Architecture ◽

Optical Switches ◽

Low Latency ◽

Data Center Network ◽

Hybrid Data

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Construction of Distributed Optoelectronic Switching Network and OpenFlow Anycast Mechanism of Network on Cloud Computing

Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics ◽

10.1166/jno.2020.2811 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (7) ◽

pp. 841-850

Author(s):

Xinxin Jin ◽

Xinxue Jin

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Network Architecture ◽

Optical Switching ◽

Network Performance ◽

Optical Signal ◽

Optical Switches ◽

Switching Network ◽

Electrical Switching ◽

Optoelectronic Switching

Traditional electrical switching network faces the problems of limited bandwidth and large energy consumption. The optoelectronic hybrid data network fully combines the advantages of optical switching and electrical switching, and dynamically adjusts the topology and bandwidth in accordance to the demand, thereby effectively improving network performance and reducing power consumption. A high-performance distributed optoelectronic switching network architecture called DOIN_W was proposed in the study, aiming to solve the problems of the scalability of the optoelectronic switching network architecture and the insufficient flexibility of network resource allocation. The architecture was connected topologically according to the method of 2DTorus, thereby effectively improving the network scale of the photoelectric switching network and supporting the dynamic adjustment of the network scale. The optical switching of DOIN_W adopted the "broadcastselect" method to support different forms of broadcasting communication. A multi-dimensional optical signal switch was designed, and the optical signal broadcast of the switch can reach any of the optical switches in DOIN_W, thereby supporting the direct connection between optical switches. Considering the problems that the multi-broadcast service of DOIN_W was unable to access freely, stateful optical signal communication was hard to maintain and the single path weight resulted in lack priority of communication, the OpenFlow network protocol of the cloud computing network was introduced in the DOIN_W architecture. The anycast mechanism of DOIN_W was optimized based on this protocol. Based on the stream-level network simulator for network performance simulation analysis, the DOIN_W architecture can meet the requirements of network scalability and flexibility. Compared with the OVS architecture and Jellyfish architecture, the DOIN_W architecture can effectively reduce the average flow completion time by more than 30% and reduce average energy consumption by over 25%.

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