Routers have traditionally been architected as two elements: forwarding plane and control plane through For CES or other protocols. Each forwarding plane aggregates a fixed amount of computing, memory, and network int...Routers have traditionally been architected as two elements: forwarding plane and control plane through For CES or other protocols. Each forwarding plane aggregates a fixed amount of computing, memory, and network interface resources to forward packets. Unfortunately, the tight coupling of packet-processing tasks with network interfaces has severely restricted service innovation and hardware upgrade. In this context, we explore the insightful prospect of functional separation in forwarding plane to propose a next-generation router architecture, which, if realized, can provide promises both for various packet-processing tasks and for flexible deployment while solving concerns related to the above problems. Thus, we put forward an alternative construction in which functional resources within a forwarding plane are disaggregated. A forwarding plane is instead separated into two planes: software data plane(SDP) and flow switching plane(FSP), and each plane can be viewed as a collection of "building blocks". SDP is responsible for packet-processing tasks without its expansibility restricted with the amount and kinds of network interfaces. FSP is in charge of packet receiving/transmitting tasks and can incrementally add switching elements, such as general switches, or even specialized switches, to provide network interfaces for SDP. Besides, our proposed router architecture uses network fabrics to achievethe best connectivity among building blocks,which can support for network topology reconfiguration within one device.At last,we make an experiment on our platform in terms of bandwidth utilization rate,configuration delay,system throughput and execution time.展开更多
A novel technique called physical frame time-slot switching （PFTS） is discussed and its technical and application aspects are analyzed. The format of the ethernet media access control （MAC） frame is borrowed in de...A novel technique called physical frame time-slot switching （PFTS） is discussed and its technical and application aspects are analyzed. The format of the ethernet media access control （MAC） frame is borrowed in defining the physical frame for PFTS and the transmission time for the maximum size of the MAC frame is defined as a physical frame time-slot （PFT）. Consequently, user data can be fed into PFTS and switched in a single layer sub-network in an asynchronous mode.展开更多
基金supported by Program for National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)‘Reconfigurable Network Emulation Testbed for Basic Network Communication’(2012CB315906)
文摘Routers have traditionally been architected as two elements: forwarding plane and control plane through For CES or other protocols. Each forwarding plane aggregates a fixed amount of computing, memory, and network interface resources to forward packets. Unfortunately, the tight coupling of packet-processing tasks with network interfaces has severely restricted service innovation and hardware upgrade. In this context, we explore the insightful prospect of functional separation in forwarding plane to propose a next-generation router architecture, which, if realized, can provide promises both for various packet-processing tasks and for flexible deployment while solving concerns related to the above problems. Thus, we put forward an alternative construction in which functional resources within a forwarding plane are disaggregated. A forwarding plane is instead separated into two planes: software data plane(SDP) and flow switching plane(FSP), and each plane can be viewed as a collection of "building blocks". SDP is responsible for packet-processing tasks without its expansibility restricted with the amount and kinds of network interfaces. FSP is in charge of packet receiving/transmitting tasks and can incrementally add switching elements, such as general switches, or even specialized switches, to provide network interfaces for SDP. Besides, our proposed router architecture uses network fabrics to achievethe best connectivity among building blocks,which can support for network topology reconfiguration within one device.At last,we make an experiment on our platform in terms of bandwidth utilization rate,configuration delay,system throughput and execution time.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60372065)
文摘A novel technique called physical frame time-slot switching （PFTS） is discussed and its technical and application aspects are analyzed. The format of the ethernet media access control （MAC） frame is borrowed in defining the physical frame for PFTS and the transmission time for the maximum size of the MAC frame is defined as a physical frame time-slot （PFT）. Consequently, user data can be fed into PFTS and switched in a single layer sub-network in an asynchronous mode.
