Resource virtualisation of network routers

McIlroy, R. and Sventek, J.S. (2006) Resource virtualisation of network routers. In: 2006 Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), Poznan, Poland, 7-9 June 2006, pp. 15-20. ISBN 0780395697 (doi: 10.1109/HPSR.2006.1709674)

Abstract

There is now considerable interest in applications that transport time-sensitive data across the best-effort Internet. We present a novel network router architecture, which has the potential to improve the Quality of Service guarantees provided to such flows. This router architecture makes use of virtual machine techniques, to assign an individual virtual routelet to each network flow requiring QoS guarantees. We describe a prototype of this virtual routelet architecture, and evaluate its effectiveness. Experimental results of the performance and flow partitioning of this prototype, compared with a standard software router, suggest promise in the virtual routelet architecture.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sventek, Professor Joseph and McIlroy, Mr Ross
• Authors: McIlroy, R., and Sventek, J.S.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• ISBN: 0780395697
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2006 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• First Published: First published in the 2006 Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR)
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.