Analysis of backward congestion notification (BCN) for Ethernet in datacenter applications

Jinjing Jiang; Raj Jain

doi:10.1109/INFCOM.2007.300

Analysis of backward congestion notification (BCN) for Ethernet in datacenter applications

Jinjing Jiang
, Raj Jain

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

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Abstract

IEEE 802.1 standards committee is working on a new specification for congestion notification in Ethernet networks. The goal of this work is to enable application of Ethernet in backend datacenter applications. Such applications typically use Fiber Channel and Infiniband due to their loss-free characteristics. A backward congestion notification (BCN) scheme is one of the cadidate schemes proposed to avoid long delays and minimize loss in Ethernet networks. This paper presents an analysis of this scheme. We develop an analytical model to analyze the stability and the rate of convergence of the scheme. It is shown that BCN achieves proportional fairness and not max-min fairness under certain circumstances. Simulation results are presented that validate the analytical results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM 2007
Subtitle of host publication	26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
Pages	2456-2460
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.2007.300
State	Published - 2007
Event	IEEE INFOCOM 2007: 26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications - Anchorage, AK, United States Duration: May 6 2007 → May 12 2007

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)	0743-166X

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Conference	IEEE INFOCOM 2007: 26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage, AK
Period	05/6/07 → 05/12/07

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Jiang, J & Jain, R 2007, Analysis of backward congestion notification (BCN) for Ethernet in datacenter applications. in Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM 2007: 26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications., 4215882, Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 2456-2460, IEEE INFOCOM 2007: 26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, Anchorage, AK, United States, 05/6/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.2007.300

Analysis of backward congestion notification (BCN) for Ethernet in datacenter applications. / Jiang, Jinjing; Jain, Raj.
Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM 2007: 26th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications. 2007. p. 2456-2460 4215882 (Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM).

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