TY - GEN
T1 - An explicit rate control framework for lossless Ethernet operation
AU - Jiang, Jinjing
AU - Jain, Raj
AU - So-In, Chakchai
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In this paper, an explicit rate control framework for Ethernet applications, especially data centers, is described. The framework guarantees zero packet drops at the congested switch and fast convergence to fair and stable state. In order to manage the congestion, design choices on 2-point and 3-point structures, the reactive and proactive signaling, explicit and implicit rate controls are compared. Then the core component of the framework, queue control, is carefully studied. Furthermore, we show that this framework can seamlessly cooperate with IEEE 802.3x PAUSE mechanism to recover from severe congestion scenarios. Numerical results are provided to support the claims.
AB - In this paper, an explicit rate control framework for Ethernet applications, especially data centers, is described. The framework guarantees zero packet drops at the congested switch and fast convergence to fair and stable state. In order to manage the congestion, design choices on 2-point and 3-point structures, the reactive and proactive signaling, explicit and implicit rate controls are compared. Then the core component of the framework, queue control, is carefully studied. Furthermore, we show that this framework can seamlessly cooperate with IEEE 802.3x PAUSE mechanism to recover from severe congestion scenarios. Numerical results are provided to support the claims.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51549092738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICC.2008.1105
DO - 10.1109/ICC.2008.1105
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51549092738
SN - 9781424420742
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
SP - 5914
EP - 5918
BT - ICC 2008 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Proceedings
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2008
Y2 - 19 May 2008 through 23 May 2008
ER -