In recent years,dual-homed topologies have appeared in data centers in order to offer higher aggregate bandwidth by using multiple paths simultaneously.Multipath TCP(MPTCP) has been proposed as a replacement for TCP i...In recent years,dual-homed topologies have appeared in data centers in order to offer higher aggregate bandwidth by using multiple paths simultaneously.Multipath TCP(MPTCP) has been proposed as a replacement for TCP in those topologies as it can efficiently offer improved throughput and better fairness.However,we have found that MPTCP has a problem in terms of incast collapse where the receiver suffers a drastic goodput drop when it simultaneously requests data over multiple servers.In this paper,we investigate why the goodput collapses even if MPTCP is able to actively relieve hot spots.In order to address the problem,we propose an equally-weighted congestion control algorithm for MPTCP,namely EW-MPTCP,without need for centralized control,additional infrastructure and a hardware upgrade.In our scheme,in addition to the coupled congestion control performed on each subflow of an MPTCP connection,we allow each subflow to perform an additional congestion control operation by weighting the congestion window in reverse proportion to the number of servers.The goal is to mitigate incast collapse by allowing multiple MPTCP subflows to compete fairly with a single-TCP flow at the shared bottleneck.The simulation results show that our solution mitigates the incast problem and noticeably improves goodput in data centers.展开更多
In data centers, the transmission control protocol(TCP) incast causes catastrophic goodput degradation to applications with a many-to-one traffic pattern. In this paper, we intend to tame incast at the receiver-side a...In data centers, the transmission control protocol(TCP) incast causes catastrophic goodput degradation to applications with a many-to-one traffic pattern. In this paper, we intend to tame incast at the receiver-side application. Towards this goal, we first develop an analytical model that formulates the incast probability as a function of connection variables and network environment settings. We combine the model with the optimization theory and derive some insights into minimizing the incast probability through tuning connection variables related to applications. Then,enlightened by the analytical results, we propose an adaptive application-layer solution to the TCP incast.The solution equally allocates advertised windows to concurrent connections, and dynamically adapts the number of concurrent connections to the varying conditions. Simulation results show that our solution consistently eludes incast and achieves high goodput in various scenarios including the ones with multiple bottleneck links and background TCP traffic.展开更多
针对数据中心网络在“多对一”并发流量模式下,TCP(Transmission Control Protocol)及其现有改进方案在单轮数据传输和多轮数据传输下吞吐率低下问题,提出了一种通过数据包标记实现丢包快速发现和快速重传并动态调整拥塞窗口初始值的策...针对数据中心网络在“多对一”并发流量模式下,TCP(Transmission Control Protocol)及其现有改进方案在单轮数据传输和多轮数据传输下吞吐率低下问题,提出了一种通过数据包标记实现丢包快速发现和快速重传并动态调整拥塞窗口初始值的策略,称为TSL(TCP SkyLine).TSL同时解决了传统TCP Incast问题和多轮数据传输下由遗留窗口引发的TCP Incast问题.实验表明,TSL在单轮数据传输和多轮数据传输下均能获得90%以上的带宽利用率.在10Gbps网络中,其支持的并发连接数与传统TCP和DCTCP相比分别提升了5倍和1倍,有效吞吐率分别提升了18倍和8.6倍;在1Gbps网路中,支持的并发连接数较传统TCP和DCTCP分别提升了5.8倍和1倍.展开更多
数据中心网络(Data Center Networks,DCN)多对一的数据传输模式,容易导致TCP Incast问题,从而造成网络拥塞。数据中心网络的拥塞控制已成为当前急需研究的问题。对造成数据中心网络拥塞的Incast问题做了简要阐述,分类介绍、分析了当前...数据中心网络(Data Center Networks,DCN)多对一的数据传输模式,容易导致TCP Incast问题,从而造成网络拥塞。数据中心网络的拥塞控制已成为当前急需研究的问题。对造成数据中心网络拥塞的Incast问题做了简要阐述,分类介绍、分析了当前一些主要的数据中心网络拥塞控制技术,并对拥塞控制技术未来的发展方向进行了展望。展开更多
基金supported in part by the HUT Distributed and Mobile Cloud Systems research project and Tekes within the ITEA2 project 10014 EASI-CLOUDS
文摘In recent years,dual-homed topologies have appeared in data centers in order to offer higher aggregate bandwidth by using multiple paths simultaneously.Multipath TCP(MPTCP) has been proposed as a replacement for TCP in those topologies as it can efficiently offer improved throughput and better fairness.However,we have found that MPTCP has a problem in terms of incast collapse where the receiver suffers a drastic goodput drop when it simultaneously requests data over multiple servers.In this paper,we investigate why the goodput collapses even if MPTCP is able to actively relieve hot spots.In order to address the problem,we propose an equally-weighted congestion control algorithm for MPTCP,namely EW-MPTCP,without need for centralized control,additional infrastructure and a hardware upgrade.In our scheme,in addition to the coupled congestion control performed on each subflow of an MPTCP connection,we allow each subflow to perform an additional congestion control operation by weighting the congestion window in reverse proportion to the number of servers.The goal is to mitigate incast collapse by allowing multiple MPTCP subflows to compete fairly with a single-TCP flow at the shared bottleneck.The simulation results show that our solution mitigates the incast problem and noticeably improves goodput in data centers.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Fundsfor the Central Universities under Grant No.ZYGX2015J009the Sichuan Province Scientific and Technological Support Project under Grants No.2014GZ0017 and No.2016GZ0093
文摘In data centers, the transmission control protocol(TCP) incast causes catastrophic goodput degradation to applications with a many-to-one traffic pattern. In this paper, we intend to tame incast at the receiver-side application. Towards this goal, we first develop an analytical model that formulates the incast probability as a function of connection variables and network environment settings. We combine the model with the optimization theory and derive some insights into minimizing the incast probability through tuning connection variables related to applications. Then,enlightened by the analytical results, we propose an adaptive application-layer solution to the TCP incast.The solution equally allocates advertised windows to concurrent connections, and dynamically adapts the number of concurrent connections to the varying conditions. Simulation results show that our solution consistently eludes incast and achieves high goodput in various scenarios including the ones with multiple bottleneck links and background TCP traffic.
文摘数据中心网络(Data Center Networks,DCN)多对一的数据传输模式,容易导致TCP Incast问题,从而造成网络拥塞。数据中心网络的拥塞控制已成为当前急需研究的问题。对造成数据中心网络拥塞的Incast问题做了简要阐述,分类介绍、分析了当前一些主要的数据中心网络拥塞控制技术,并对拥塞控制技术未来的发展方向进行了展望。
