片上网络中面向链路故障的容错路由方法研究

片上网络在工业和学术领域越来越受欢迎,但是晶体管显著缩小后可靠性不足问题给片上网络带来严峻挑战。传统的容错路由算法通过使报文绕过故障区域,因此可以克服链路或路由器故障。但是这些方法会增加报文延时,并在故障区域周围产生拥塞。本文利用两个虚拟信道提出一种新的容错路由方法,它通过确定每个虚拟信道哪些转向被允许和禁止,使得一个虚拟信道中被禁止的转向在另一信道被允许。当发生链路故障时,该方法基于一种新的故障信息传播机制使报文在最短路径上传输。另外,通过充分利用网络中的所有被允许转向对本文方法进行扩展,以支持多链路故障。最后的仿真实验也验证了本文方法的有效性。     

Minimizing the system impact of router faults by means of reconfiguration and adaptive routing

To tolerate faults in Networks-on-Chip (NoC), routers are often disconnected from the NoC, which affects the system integrity. This is because cores connected to the disabled routers cannot be accessed from the network, resulting in loss of function and performance. We propose E-Rescuer, a technique offering a reconfigurable router architecture and a fault-tolerant routing algorithm. By taking advantage of bypassing channels, the reconfigurable router architecture maintains the connection between the cores and the network regardless of the router status. The routing algorithm allows the core to access the network when the local router is disabled.Our analysis and experiments show that the proposed technique provides 100% packet delivery in 100%, 92.56%, and 83.25% of patterns when 1, 2 and 3 routers are faulty, respectively. Moreover, the throughput increases up to 80%, 46% and 33% in comparison with FTLR, HiPFaR, and CoreRescuer, respectively.     

一种适用于2D Mesh片上网络的可重构容错路由算法

适用于2D Mesh片上网络的可重构容错路由算法,在芯片某些区域由于制造缺陷、使用老化等原因拓扑结构变得不再规整的时候,可以对网络节点重新进行配置,从而保证健康节点间的正常通信.基于SystemC的平台仿真表明该算法相对于传统算法可以获得更佳的网络性能.该算法是免于死锁的,同时对其可重构机制也给出了详细的论述.它还具有良好的扩展性,当系统规模增大的时候每个路由器的硬件开销保持恒定,而其容错能力也得到了增强.     

基于局部故障块三维mesh/torus网的容错路由

当系统包含很少的故障点时．mesh/torus网整个系统就有可能是不可靠的．该文采用扩展的局部可靠性信息来指导三维mesh／torus网的容错路由．扩展的局部可靠性信息在每个平面内部对无故障节点分类，所以系统中的故障块也是在不同的平面上构成的，而不是基于整个系统．很多基于整个系统不可靠的节点在二维的平面中都会变成可靠的节点．不管是在可靠的系统内，甚或不可靠的系统内，扩展的局部可靠性信息都能有效地指导容错路由．不同于以往的方法，作者的方法不会将任何无故障节点设置为无效节点．所有的故障块都是在平面内构成的，而不是基于整个系统；在一个平面内．任何包含在故障块里的无故障节点仍然可作为出发点或者目标点，这样将大大提高系统的计算能力和性能．模拟结果表明该文方法大大优于已有的方法．     

基于OLSR协议的无人机自组网多径路由策略

针对现有文献在研究路由协议时选择的路由度量未能结合无人机自组织网络当时的性能水平进而造成路由决策不合理的问题,提出了一种具有负载感知和网络拓扑变动感知能力的多指标多径优化链路状态路由协议（optimized link state routing protocol based on multi-indicator and multi-path,MIMP-OLSR）。该协议首先考虑了无人机场景的节点移动特性和网络的生存时间,并定义了三个用于进行路由选择的指标,即节点的MAC层阻塞度、节点的邻居变化率和节点的多点中继选择节点（multi-point relay selector,MPR_S）邻居数目;其次,结合HELLO和TC两种控制消息提出了一种指标通告机制,用于将指标信息洪泛给全网节点;最后,根据指标信息提出了一种多径路由方案。仿真结果表明,与OLSR、SETT_MPOLSR和UAV-OLSR协议相比,所提协议MIMP-OLSR在成功率、端到端时延和吞吐量性能上均有明显提高,进而证明所提多径路由方案的合理性。     

An efficient fault-tolerant multicast routing protocol withcore-based tree techniques

In this paper, we design and analyze an efficient fault-tolerant multicast routing protocol. Reliable multicast communication is critical for the success of many Internet applications. Multicast routing protocols with core-based tree techniques (CBT) have been widely used because of their scalability and simplicity. We enhance the CBT protocol with fault tolerance capability and improve its efficiency and effectiveness. With our strategy, when a faulty component is detected, some pre-defined backup path(s) is (are) used to bypass the faulty component and enable the multicast communication to continue. Our protocol only requires that routers near the faulty component be reconfigured, thus reducing the runtime overhead without compromising much of the performance. Our approach is in contrast to other approaches that often require relatively large tree reformation when faults occur. These global methods are usually costly and complicated in their attempt to achieve theoretically optimal performance. Our performance evaluation shows that our new protocol performs nearly as well as the best possible global method while utilizing much less runtime overhead and implementation cost     

XGRouter: high-quality global router in X-architecture with particle swarm optimization

This paper presents a high-quality very large scale integration (VLSI) global router in X-architecture, called XGRouter, that heavily relies on integer linear programming (ILP) techniques, partition strategy and particle swarm optimization (PSO). A new ILP formulation, which can achieve more uniform routing solution than other formulations and can be effectively solved by the proposed PSO is proposed. To effectively use the new ILP formulation, a partition strategy that decomposes a large-sized problem into some small-sized sub-problems is adopted and the routing region is extended progressively from the most congested region. In the post-processing stage of XGRouter, maze routing based on new routing edge cost is designed to further optimize the total wire length and mantain the congestion uniformity. To our best knowledge, XGRouter is the first work to use a concurrent algorithm to solve the global routing problem in X-architecture. Experimental results show that XGRouter can produce solutions of higher quality than other global routers. And, like several state-of-the-art global routers, XGRouter has no overflow.     

Joint topology control and routing for multi-radio multi-channel WMNs under SINR model using bio-inspired techniques

Multi-channel communication in a wireless mesh network (WMN) equipped with multi-radio routers can significantly enhance the network capacity. Channel allocation, power control and routing are three main issues involved in the performance of multi-channel multi-radio WMNs. In this paper, the joint optimization of channel allocation, power control and routing under signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) model for multi-channel multi-radio WMNs is investigated. It is proven to be NP hard. As we know, no optimal polynomial time solutions have been proposed in the previous literatures. In order to tackle this problem, we apply bio-inspired optimization techniques for channel allocation and power control, and use linear programming for routing optimization. To reflect the cross-layer interaction property among these three issues, the routing optimization is further defined as the fitness value of a chromosome in bio-inspired optimization. Further, we propose an effective joint optimization framework, in which two representative bio-inspired optimization methods (genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm) are hybridized to enhance the searching ability. The detailed evolution processes for both genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm are demonstrated. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed algorithm converges fast and approaches the sub-optimal solution effectively.     

基于NPV广义超立方体最佳容错路由算法

在网络可靠性研究中,设计较好的容错路由策略、尽可能多地记录系统中最优通路信息,一直是一项重要的研究工作.超立方体系统的容错路由算法分为可回溯算法和无回溯算法.一般说来,可回溯算法的优点是容错能力强:只要消息的源节点和目的节点有通路,该算法就能够找到把消息传递到目的地的路径;其缺点是在很多情况下传递路径不能按实际存在的最短路径传递.其代表是深度优先搜索(DFS)算法.无回溯算法是近几年人们比较关注的算法.该算法通过记录各邻接节点的故障信息,给路由算法以启发信息,使消息尽可能按实际存在的最短路径传递.这些算法的共同缺点是只能计算出Hamming距离不超过n的路由.在n维超立方体系统连通图中,如果系统存在大量的故障,不少节点对之间的最短路径大于n,因此,这些算法的容错能力差.提出了一个实例说明采用上述算法将遗失60%的路由信息.另外,由于超立方体的结构严格,实际中的真正超立方体系统不多.事实上,不少的网络系统可转换为具有大量错误节点和错误边的超立方体系统.因此,研究能适应具有大量错误节点和错误边的超立方体系统的容错路由算法是一个很有实际价值的工作.研究探讨了:(1) 定义广义超立方体系统;(2) 在超立方体系统中提出了节点通路向量(NPV)概念及其计算规则;(3) 提出了中转点技术,使得求NPV的计算复杂度降低到O(n);(4) 提出了基于NPV的广义超立方体系统最佳容错路由算法(OFTRS),该算法是一种分布式的和基于相邻节点信息的算法.由于NPV记录了超立方体系统全部最优通路和次最优通路的信息,在具有大量故障的情况下,它不会遗漏任何一条最优通路和次最优通路信息,从而实现了高效的容错路由.在这一点上,它优于其他算法.     

A learning automata-based fault-tolerant routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks

Reliable routing of packets in a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) has always been a major concern. The open medium and the susceptibility of the nodes of being fault-prone make the design of protocols for these networks a challenging task. The faults in these networks, which occur either due to the failure of nodes or due to reorganization, can eventuate to packet loss. Such losses degrade the performance of the routing protocols running on them. In this paper, we propose a routing algorithm, named as learning automata based fault-tolerant routing algorithm (LAFTRA), which is capable of routing in the presence of faulty nodes in MANETs using multipath routing. We have used the theory of Learning Automata (LA) for optimizing the selection of paths, reducing the overhead in the network, and for learning about the faulty nodes present in the network. The proposed algorithm can be juxtaposed to any existing routing protocol in a MANET. The results of simulation of our protocol using network simulator 2 (ns-2) shows the increase in packet delivery ratio and decrease in overhead compared to the existing protocols. The proposed protocol gains an edge over FTAR, E2FT by nearly 2% and by more than 10% when compared with AODV in terms of packet delivery ratio with nearly 30% faulty nodes in the network. The overhead generated by our protocol is lesser by 1% as compared to FTAR and by nearly 17% as compared to E2FT when there are nearly 30% faulty nodes.     

基于认知的多信道无线mesh网络路由协议研究

在多信道无线mesh网络中,路由选择与频谱可用性之间的相互依赖性很强,这就要求设计路由协议时要充分考虑信道的选择。传统的路由协议不能很好地适用于多信道无线mesh网络,因此提出了一种基于认知无线电的无线mesh网络路由协议,其中每个节点配置两个网络接口,路由选择与信道选择同时进行,通过冲突避免的设计,充分利用了多信道的优势。仿真结果表明,相对于传统路由协议,提出的路由协议能大大提高网络的吞吐量。     

一种基于跨层功率控制的Ad hoc网络路由算法*

在无线Ad Hoc网络路由协议中引入功率控制不但可以降低网络能量消耗,同时还能改善网络的吞吐量、投递率等性能,已成为当前Ad Hoc网络的一个研究热点.本文提出了一种基于跨层功率控制的按需路由算法CPC-AODV(Cross-layer Power Control Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector).算法按需建立多个不同功率级的路由,节点选择到目的节点最小功率级的路由来传递分组,并对网络层的数据分组、路由分组和MAC层控制帧的传输采用不同功率控制策略来降低能量消耗.仿真结果表明:算法有利于降低通信能量开销,延长网络寿命,提高网络投递率及改善网络时延.     

Performance analysis of fault-tolerant routing algorithm in wormhole-switched interconnections

With nowadays popularity of large-scale parallel computers, Multiprocessors System-on-Chip (MP-SoCs), multicomputers, cluster computers and peer-to-peer communication networks, fault-tolerant routing becomes an important issue in developing these systems. Fault-tolerant routing algorithms in such systems aim at providing continuous operations in the presence of one or more failures by allowing the graceful degradation of system. The Software-Based fault-tolerant routing scheme has been suggested as an efficient routing algorithm to preserve both communication performance and fault-tolerant demands in parallel computer systems. To study network performance, a number of different analytical models for fault-free routing algorithms have been proposed in the past literature. However, there has not been reported any similar analytical model of fault-tolerant routing in the presence of faulty components. This paper presents a new analytical modeling approach for determining the effects of failures in wormhole-switched 2-D tori using the fault-tolerant Software-Based scheme. More specifically, we describe a general model to derive mathematical expressions to investigate the performance behavior of routing algorithms confronting convex (|-shaped, □-shaped) or concave (U-shaped, +-shaped, T-shaped, H-shaped) faulty regions. The model is validated through comprehensive simulation experiments for different types of failures.

Asynchronous reservation protocol for variable-sized messages in a WDM-based local network

In this paper, we propose and analyse an asynchronous reservation protocol for a very high-speed optical LAN using a passive star topology. Each node is equipped with a single tunable transmitter and a single tunable receiver, both of which are tunable over a range of wavelengths. A separate channel, called the control channel, is used to coordinate message transmissions on the other channels, called data channels. We consider random and idle selection schemes for the data channel selection strategy. The proposed protocol can efficiently support variable-sized messages. It is operated asynchronously, i.e. data channels are not slotted and the control channel is slotted with the size of a control packet. Also, the protocol is scalable, hence the network can accommodate a variable number of nodes. Any new node can join the network without network reinitialization. Moreover, with the protocol one can avoid destination conflicts. We analyse its performance by using the equilibrium point analysis (EPA) method, and validate the results by simulation. According to the numerical results, the asynchronous protocol achieves higher throughput than the synchronous one.     

耐故障Clos网及其路由算法

提出了一种新的耐故障Clos网,通过在基础Clos网各段中增加冗余的交换单元,使其能够在发生少量故障的情况下正常工作,从而提供更可靠的服务。针对耐故障Clos网,给出一种耐故障Clos路由算法,该算法采用最小分布优先的策略逐列计算Clos网连接说明矩阵,通过重排完全实现无阻塞路由,该算法的时间复杂度在最坏情况下仅为O(N3/2)。该耐故障Clos网及其算法设计可以用于实现更为可靠的Clos网络。     

Fault-tolerant communication with partitioned dimension-orderrouters

The current fault-tolerant routing methods require extensive changes to practical routers such as the Cray T3D's dimension-order router to handle faults. In this paper, we propose methods to handle faults in multicomputers with dimension-order routers with simple changes to router structure and logic. Our techniques can be applied to current implementations in which the router is partitioned into multiple modules and no centralized crossbar is used. We consider arbitrarily located faulty blocks and assume only local knowledge of faults. We apply our techniques for torus networks and show that, with as few as four virtual channels per physical channel, deadlock- and livelock-free routing can be provided even with multiple faults and multimodule implementation of routers. Our simulations of the proposed technique for 2D tori and mesh indicate that the performance degradation is similar to that seen in the case of cross-bar based designs previously proposed     

无线网状网跨层路由的研究

目前,无线网状网跨层路由设计方兴未艾,以往无线路由设计是基于最小跳数的,缺少对无线网状网特性的综合考虑,并不能充分发挥出无线网状网的优势。该文提出了基于"队列负载率"和"链路传输效率"的跨层路由协议算法,通过将MAC层的网络状态信息传递给网络层的路由代理,以便选择负载较小的最佳路由。通过仿真可以发现,改文提出的路由不仅显著提高了吞吐量,而且使包的投递更加可靠,提高了QoS。     

Fault-tolerant routing methodology for hypercube and cube-connected cycles interconnection networks

This paper presents a fault-tolerant routing methodology for both injured hypercube and cube-connected cycles interconnection topologies. The proposed routing methodology efficiently tolerates any pattern of faulty regions with any number of faulty nodes in the network which is based on the best-first search and backtracking strategy. Deadlock freedom of the proposed routing methodology is obtained by only one virtual channel per physical channel. In order to evaluate the proposed routing methodology, a 7-dimensional hypercube network is simulated in various conditions, i.e., different traffic rates, different number of faulty nodes and different message lengths. Simulation results confirm that the proposed routing methodology in comparison with the previous methods provides acceptable performance while it significantly increases the reliability of the network. It also guarantees delivery of messages between any pair of source and destination while the network is connected.     

Asynchronous spatial division multiplexing router

Asynchronous quasi-delay-insensitive (QDI) NoCs have several advantages over their clocked counterparts. Virtual channel (VC) is the most utilized flow control method in asynchronous routers but spatial division multiplexing (SDM) achieves better throughput performance for best-effort traffic than VC. A novel asynchronous SDM router architecture is presented. Area and latency models are provided to analyse the network performance of all router architectures including wormhole, virtual channel and SDM. Performance comparisons have been made with different configurations of payload size, communication distance, buffer size, port bandwidth, network size and number of VCs/virtual circuits. Compared with VC, SDM achieves higher throughput with lower area overhead.     

A low-overhead fault-tolerant routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks: A scheme and its simulation analysis

The fault-prone nodes in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) degrade the performance of any routing protocol. Using greedy routing mechanisms that tend to choose a single path every time, may cause major data losses, if there is a breakdown of such a path in a fault-prone environment. On the other hand, using all the available paths causes an undesirable amount of overhead on the system. Designing an effective and efficient fault-tolerant routing protocol is inherently hard, since the problem is NP-complete because of the unavailability of precise path information in adversarial environments [1].To address the above mentioned problem, we present a fault-tolerant routing algorithm (FTAR), which bases on the ideas of foraging in natural ants [2]. The algorithm is divided into six stages, namely, initialization, path selection, pheromone deposition, confidence calculation, evaporation and negative reinforcement. Simulation results show that FTAR achieves high packet delivery ratio and throughput as compared to some of the key protocols which do not address fault-tolerance at all. Most importantly, FTAR is established to supersede the performance of one of the best fault-tolerant MANET routing schemes [1] known currently, with respect to the amount of routing overhead incurred – it is an important achievement for ad hoc networks.