Phase Plane Analysis of Congestion Control in Data Center Ethernet Networks

• Published in: 2010 IEEE 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems pp. 20 - 29
• Main Authors: Fengyuan Ren, Wanchun Jiang
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2010
• Subjects: Analytical models; Backward Congestion Notification; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Data Center Ethernet; Ethernet networks; Fabrics; Guidelines; Queueing analysis; Shape; Stability analysis; Stability criteria; Strong stability and Phase Trajectory

Ethernet has some attractive properties for network consolidation in the data center, but needs further enhancement to satisfy the additional requirements of unified network fabrics. Congestion management is introduced in Ethernet networks to avoid dropping packets due to congestion. The BCN (Backwa...