Dynamic load balancing in IP-over-WDM optical burst switching networks

In this paper, we consider the problem of dynamic load balancing in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based optical burst switching (OBS) networks. We propose a load balancing scheme based on adaptive alternate routing aimed at reducing burst loss. The key idea of adaptive alternate routing is to reduce network congestion by adaptively distributing the load between two pre-determined link-disjoint alternative paths based on the measurement of the impact of traffic load on each of them. We develop two alternative-path selection schemes to select link-disjoint alternative paths to be used by adaptive alternate routing. The path selection schemes differ in the way the cost of a path is defined and in the assumption made about the knowledge of the traffic demands. Through extensive simulation experiments for different traffic scenarios, we show that the proposed dynamic load balancing algorithm outperforms the shortest path routing and static alternate routing algorithms.     

基于拥塞控制的无线传感器网络数据汇集树生成算法

针对无线传感器网络数据汇集应用中, 由于数据流量大, 相邻路径之间容易发生串扰、信道竞争和冲突, 造成拥塞问题, 提出了基于拥塞控制的无线传感器网络数据汇集树生成算法(Data gather tree algorithm based on congestion control, DGT-CC). DGT-CC算法通过层次发现、邻居发现、启发式搜索和流量均衡策略构造一棵最短路径最小拥塞权值树. 理论分析证明DGT-CC算法收敛, 并能够构造一棵最短路径最小拥塞权值树, 仿真实验表明DGT-CC算法在丢包率、网络吞吐量和时延方面都较普通的最短路径树具有更好的性能.     

一种改进的基于Smith原则的计算机高速通信网络的拥塞控制方案

1.引言 ATM网络是一类虚拟的电路交换网络,它融入了电路交换技术和包交换技术。在这两个系统融入以前它们是独立的,若要互相通信必须获得彼此的通信参数才能建立虚拟连接。而ATM网络通过存储技术和统计复用来共享网络资源,网络资源的共享使得通信费用大大减少。ATM是以定长的信元(cell)作为高速通信信息的载体,它具有高速、低比特错误率、动态分配带宽和高复合能力的优点,这些使得它非常适宜于需要保证服务质量(Quality of Service,QoS)的多媒体数据流。由于多媒体业务流的特性,常引起网络拥塞并降低服务的质量。因此必须采取一定的流量管理控制机制来避免网络的拥塞。     

Fuzzy-based Adaptive Routing Algorithm for Networks-on-Chip

In this paper, we propose two adaptive routing algorithms to alleviate congestion in the network. In the first algorithm, the routing decision is assisted by the number of occupied buffer slots at the corresponding input buffer of the next router and the congestion level of that router. Although this algorithm performs better than the conventional method, DyXY, in some cases the proposed algorithm leads to non-optimal decisions. Fuzzy controllers compensate for ambiguities in the data by giving a level of confidence rather than declaring the data simply true or false. To make a better routing decision, we propose an adaptive routing algorithm based on fuzzy logic for Networks-on-chip where the routing path is determined based on the current condition of the network. The proposed algorithm avoids congestion by distributing traffic over the routers that are less congested or have a spare capacity. The output of the fuzzy controller is the congestion level, so that at each router, the neighboring router with the lowest congestion value is chosen for routing a packet. To evaluate the proposed routing method, we use two multimedia applications and two synthetic traffic profiles. The experimental results show that the fuzzy-based routing scheme improves the performance over the DyXY routing algorithm by up to 25% with a negligible hardware overhead.     

基于改进AOMDV路由协议的WSNs拥塞控制和能耗均衡策略

无线传感器网络WSNs中数据流的突发、节点能量有限和多对一数据传输等特性导致其很容易发生网络拥塞和节点能量的非均衡消耗,而采用多路径方式进行数据传输,不仅可以缓解网络拥塞,而且也能达到网络能量均衡消耗的目的。AOMDV协议是一种面向Ad-Hoc网络的反应式多路由协议,首先提出了一种改进的AOMDV协议—I_AOMDV协议,在路由发现阶段不再使用发生拥塞和低能量的节点,而在路由维护阶段则仅使用HELLO信息交换邻居节点的"剩余能量"和"队列长度",同时在路径列表中添加了"拥塞恢复时间"和"能量剩余标志位",从而使I_AOMDV协议更适应于静态WSNs的数据传输。基于I_AOMDV协议,进一步提出了新的网络拥塞控制和能耗均衡策略,其中,拥塞控制策略采用新的拥塞检测方案,并为发生拥塞的最短路径设置了"拥塞恢复时间";而能耗均衡策略则通过为节点的每条路径设置"能量剩余标志位"来解决能量的非均衡消耗问题。仿真实验结果表明,基于I_AOMDV的拥塞控制和能耗均衡策略,可以减少路由协议的开销,有效降低数据丢包率和节点剩余能量的差异性。     

Exploring IBA Design Space for Improved Performance

InfiniBand architecture (IBA) is envisioned to be the default communication fabric for future system area networks (SANs) or clusters. However, IBA design is currently in its infancy since the released specification outlines only higher level functionalities, leaving it open for exploring various design alternatives. In this paper, we investigate four corelated techniques for providing high and predictable performance in IBA. These are: 1) using the shortest path first (SPF) algorithm for deterministic packet routing, 2) developing a multipath routing mechanism for minimizing congestion, 3) developing a selective packet dropping scheme to handle deadlock and congestion, and 4) providing multicasting support for customized applications. These designs are implemented in a pipelined, IBA-style switch architecture, and are evaluated using an integrated workload consisting of MPEG-2 video streams, best- effort traffic, and control traffic on a versatile IBA simulation testbed. Simulation results with 15-node and 30-node irregular networks indicate that the SPF routing, multipath routing, packet dropping, and multicasting schemes are quite effective in delivering high and assured performance in clusters     

A routing-table-based adaptive and minimal routing scheme on network-on-chip architectures

In this paper, we present a routing algorithm that combines the shortest path routing and adaptive routing schemes for NoCs. In specific, routing follows the shortest path to ensure low latency and low energy consumption. This routing scheme requires routing information be stored in a series of routing tables created at the routers along the routing path from the source to the destination. To reduce the exploration space and timing cost for selecting the routing path, a routing list and routing table for each node are created off-line. Routing table is updated on-line to reflect the dynamic change of the network status to avoid network congestion. To alleviate the high hardware implementation cost associated with the routing tables, a method to help reduce the size of the routing tables is also introduced. Compared to the existing routing algorithms, the experimental results have confirmed that the proposed algorithm has better performance in terms of routing latency and power consumption.     

针对无标度网络的紧凑路由方法

衡量一种路由算法优劣的两个重要指标是路由表的大小和路径的长度,但这两个方面通常是互相矛盾的.紧凑路由(compact routing)研究旨在设计路由算法在这两个指标上获得优化的平衡(tradeoff).目前,已有许多学者针对任意拓扑的网络提出了普适(universal)的紧凑路由方法(compact routing scheme).但是,真实的网络都具有特定的拓扑,普适的紧凑路由方法并没有利用真实网络呈现的特定拓扑特征,因而在这类网络上未必能取得最优的性能.最近的研究发现,许多真实网络都具有无标度特征和强聚集特征,利用这两类拓扑特征,提出了一种针对这类网络的紧凑路由方法.该路由方法将网络看成是由一个骨干树和一些捷径组成,在任意源节点和目的节点之间路由,使用路径的长度不超过它们的最短路径长度加上一个整数b.路由表大小限制在O(clog2n)比特,其中,b和c是由网络结构决定的参数.实验结果表明,在无标度网络上,b和c可以同时取较小的值.与以往的紧凑路由方法相比,该方法在平均性能上表现更好.     

针对无标度网络的紧凑路由方法

衡量一种路由算法优劣的两个重要指标是路由表的大小和路径的长度,但这两个方面通常是互相矛盾的.紧凑路由(compact routing)研究旨在设计路由算法在这两个指标上获得优化的平衡(tradeoff).目前,已有许多学者针对任意拓扑的网络提出了普适(universal)的紧凑路由方法(compact routing scheme).但是,真实的网络都具有特定的拓扑,普适的紧凑路由方法并没有利用真实网络呈现的特定拓扑特征,因而在这类网络上未必能取得最优的性能.最近的研究发现,许多真实网络都具有无标度特征和强聚集特征,利用这两类拓扑特征,提出了一种针对这类网络的紧凑路由方法.该路由方法将网络看成是由一个骨干树和一些捷径组成,在任意源节点和目的节点之间路由,使用路径的长度不超过它们的最短路径长度加上一个整数b.路由表大小限制在O(clog2n)比特,其中,b和c是由网络结构决定的参数.实验结果表明,在无标度网络上,b和c可以同时取较小的值.与以往的紧凑路由方法相比,该方法在平均性能上表现更好.     

基于源区域路径选择的层次化片上网络路由算法

针对较大规模片上网络(NoC)远端节点和邻近节点之间的通信问题,提出一种基于区域划分的层次化簇状分层网（CHM）结构。在此基础上,针对中间节点拥塞严重导致网络性能降低的问题,提出一种基于源区域路径选择的自适应算法。该算法利用CHM结构区域特性将路由决策由源节点移至源区域,同时在原有底层和上层节点对的基础上增加自适应节点对,并增加该部分节点对路由选择性,从而缓解网络拥塞状况。仿真实验表明,与最短路径算法相比,在合成流量和局部化流量模式下,该算法下的CHM结构饱和注入率最多可分别提升约51%和31%,因此该算法可有效提升网络整体吞吐性能。     

双向路径重选的自组网负载均衡路由协议

基于跨层负载感知和双向路径重选的自纽网负载均衡路由协议（CLBLR）在路由发现阶段和路由维护阶段，将整个路径中各节点MAC层的总平均估计时延和路径总业务流负载结合起来，共同作为路由选择和路由调整的重要依据，通过双向路径重选方法实现最优路径选择和网络业务流的均衡分布和均衡传输．协议通过禁止中间节点对路由请求进行应答和阻止不必要的路由请求分组，经由重负载中间节点转发，以保证路由发现时能够利用最新负载信息，并避免了节点在重负载情况下成为新建路由的中间节点，使协议具有一定的拥塞控制功能，以间接的方式实现了请求接纳控制．上述措施使分组传输路由很好地避免了拥塞节点，减少了网络瓶颈对网络性能的影响．仿真表明，CLBLR在分组丢失率、平均端到端时延和路由附加开销等方面具有良好性能，其优良的分布式控制特征能适应自组网的动态环境．     

Performance analysis of the AntNet algorithm

A number of routing algorithms based on the ant-colony metaphor have been proposed for communication networks. However, there has been little work on the performance analysis of ant-routing algorithms. In this paper, we compare the performance of AntNet, an ant-routing algorithm, with Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm. Our simulations show that the performance of AntNet is comparable to Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm. Moreover, under varying traffic loads, AntNet adapts to the changing traffic and performs better than shortest path routing.     

最小割多路径路由算法

在最小割理论基础上提出了最小割多路径(min-cut multi-path,简称MCMP)路由算法,为流量请求选取少量关键路径,并在这些路径间均衡流量,在获得方法易实现性的同时能够有效地控制网络瓶颈链路拥塞通过实际流量数据在北美和欧洲骨干网络中的实验,对比常用的OSPF(open shortest path first)路由算法和模型中的多路径路由算法,MCMP路由算法可降低拥塞链路负载分别达到41％和20％以上.     

规则网络上提高交通处理能力不同路由策略研究*

针对交通拥挤问题,提出了一个基于随机选择最短路径的简单交通流模型,并研究了这个模型的动力学行为。为了提高规则网络上的相变点的值,提出了几种改进的路由策略,并作了详细的仿真对比研究。最后,给出了更好的提高网络整体性能的路由策略,并提出了应对交通问题的一些合理性建议。 结果显示,规则网络上交通流存在一个从自由相到拥塞相的相变。相变点的值可以用来衡量网络处理交通流的能力。     

TCP CAE: an improved congestion control using comparative ACK-based estimator

TCP receivers deliver ACK packets to senders for reliable end-to-end transfer. However, due to network congestion in the backward direction, ACK packets may not be successfully transferred, which causes the degradation of TCP performance. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes a reverse congestion warning mechanism and a congestion handling mechanism in heterogeneous networks with heavy background traffic in the backward direction. In the proposed scheme, senders detect the reverse direction congestion and execute an exponential backoff algorithm in advance instead of waiting for RTO expiration. According to the simulation results using the NS-2 network simulator, the proposed scheme shows a performance elevation of 20% than Reno, 150% than New Reno, and 450% than Westwood, respectively, under heterogeneous networks and that the error rate of the radio link is 1% when the backward network is congested.     

Bi-LCQ: A low-weight clustering-based Q-learning approach for NoCs

Network congestion has a negative impact on the performance of on-chip networks due to the increased packet latency. Many congestion-aware routing algorithms have been developed to alleviate traffic congestion over the network. In this paper, we propose a congestion-aware routing algorithm based on the Q-learning approach for avoiding congested areas in the network. By using the learning method, local and global congestion information of the network is provided for each switch. This information can be dynamically updated, when a switch receives a packet. However, Q-learning approach suffers from high area overhead in NoCs due to the need for a large routing table in each switch. In order to reduce the area overhead, we also present a clustering approach that decreases the number of routing tables by the factor of 4. Results show that the proposed approach achieves a significant performance improvement over the traditional Q-learning, C-routing, DBAR and Dynamic XY algorithms.     

Design and evaluation of a high throughput QoS-aware and congestion-aware router architecture for Network-on-Chip

This paper proposes a novel QoS-aware and congestion-aware Network-on-Chip architecture that not only enables quality-oriented network transmission and maintains a feasible implementation cost but also well balance traffic load inside the network to enhance overall throughput. By differentiating application traffic into different service classes, bandwidth allocation is managed accordingly to fulfill QoS requirements. Incorporating with congestion control scheme which consists of dynamic arbitration and adaptive routing path selection, high priority traffic is directed to less congested areas and is given preference to available resources. Simulation results show that average latency of high priority and overall traffic is improved dramatically for various traffic patterns. Cost evaluation results also show that the proposed router architecture requires negligible cost overhead but provides better performance for both advanced mesh NoC platforms.     

自组网中一种基于跨层负载感知的按需负载均衡路由

本文提出了一种新的基于跨层负载感知的自组网负载均衡路由协议（CLLOR）。CLLOR在路由发现阶段和路由维护阶段将整个路径中各节点MAC层的总平均估计时延和路径总业务流负载结合起来共同作为路由选择和路由调整的重要依据,以实现网络业务流的均衡分布和均衡传输。协议通过禁止中间节点对路由请求进行应答和阻止不必要的路由请求分组经由重负载的中间节点转发,以保证路由发现时能够利用最新的负载信息,并避免了节点在重负载情况下成为新建路由的中间节点,使得协议具有一定的拥塞控制功能,以间接的方式实现了请求接纳控制。通过上述措施,可以很好地避免网络中出现拥塞节点,减少了网络瓶颈对网络性能的影响。仿真表明,CLLOR在分组丢失率、平均端到端时延和路由附加开销等方面具有良好的性能,其优良的分布式控制特征能适应自组网的动态环境。     

基于粒子群的TCP非凸优化速率控制算法

为了有效地解决网络中拥塞问题,针对实际网络中存在非弹性流的情况,考虑了网络中非凸优化速率控制问题。基于最大化用户效用函数框架,去掉了以往研究中对效用函数的严格假设,利用粒子群方法设计了分布式速率控制算法。算法中链路从网络获知拥塞链路的条数,用户根据对应的效用函数和拥塞反馈信息调整自身速率。仿真结果表明,算法可以很快地收敛到最优速率。     

Energy-aware IP traffic engineering with shortest path routing

Internet energy consumption is rapidly becoming a critical issue due to the exponential traffic growth and the rapid expansion of communication infrastructures worldwide. We address the problem of energy-aware intra-domain traffic engineering in networks operated with a shortest path routing protocol. We consider the problem of switching off (putting in sleep mode) network elements (links and routers) and of adjusting the link weights so as to minimize the energy consumption as well as a network congestion measure. To tackle this multi-objective optimization problem with priority (first minimize the energy consumption and then the network congestion), we propose a Mixed Integer Linear Programming based algorithm for Energy-aware Weights Optimization (MILP-EWO). Our heuristic exploits the Interior Gateway Protocol Weight Optimization (IGP-WO) algorithm for optimizing the OSPF link weights so as to minimize the total cost of link utilization. The computational results obtained for eight real network topologies and different types of traffic matrices show that it is possible to switch off a substantial number of nodes and links during low and moderate traffic periods, while guaranteeing that network congestion is low enough to ensure service quality. The proposed approach is also validated on two networks of emulated Linux routers.