From Packets to XLFrames: Sand and Rocks for Transfer of Mice and Elephants

Looking into the future, this paper presents the effects of having packets of large sizes, called XLFrames (XLFs), in a network. The analysis is motivated by the fact that the Internet is soon to witness stupendous amounts of traffic that have to be processed and switched at amplifying line rates; a...

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Main Authors: Divakaran, D.M., Altman, E., Post, G., Noirie, L., Primet, P.V.-B.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost function
Delay
Energy consumption
Internet
Mice
Performance analysis
Switches
Telecommunication traffic
Throughput
Traffic control
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Summary:Looking into the future, this paper presents the effects of having packets of large sizes, called XLFrames (XLFs), in a network. The analysis is motivated by the fact that the Internet is soon to witness stupendous amounts of traffic that have to be processed and switched at amplifying line rates; and this brings forth multiple challenges in the form of energy efficiency, network performance and end-host performance. Increasing the size of packets in the Internet has far-reaching incentives that otherwise appear hard to achieve. We foresee an Internet that multiplexes both packets (sand) and XLFs (rocks). As a first step, we analyse the effects of introducing XLFs in a network, and find the following: (i) the amount of packet-header processing is greatly reduced, (ii) while the fair multiplexing of XLFs with standard packets can be achieved using a careful queue management in routers.
DOI:10.1109/INFCOMW.2009.5072149