ENSC 894 G300 Special Topics II: Communication Networks
Spring 2020
Project Group: Team-01
Title: Performance Analysis of Data Center Network(DCN) Architectures using Virtual Network Embedding Simulator(VNE-Sim)
Naeem, Tehreem Malsawmtluangi, Lucy Bhogal, Amandeep Singh Abioye, Afolabi David
(tehreemf, lmalsawm, abhogal,afolabi_abioye}@sfu.ca
Abstract
The unprecedented expansion of the Internet has led to the introduction of the massive Data Centres that provides the infrastructure for Cloud Computing [1]. Additionally, Software Defined Network (SDN) has aided prevailing Internet architecture with network virtualization to support Cloud Computing [2]. Virtual Network Embedding (VNE) algorithms are leveraged by researchers for implementing virtualization of Data Center Networks (DCN) as it improves network scalability, resource utilization more importatnly lowers the imlementation cost in DCN's [3]. Moreover, VNE-Sim enables users to define network elements and emulate the infrastructure for both single and batch request processing approaches with good memory management facility [4]. In this project, we will delve into the details of the VNE-Sim discrete event simulator by modeling the newtorks in Adevs and generating variety of DCN topologies using Boston University Representative Internet Topology Generator (BRITE)[5] and Fast Network Simulation Setup (FNSS), and analyze the performance of the VNE algorithms on new DCN topology (DCell topology) using Hiberlite[6].
Acknowledgement
We are sincerely grateful to our course instructor Dr. Ljiljana Trajkovic and our teaching assistant Zhida Li for their invaluable guidance, and vital suggestions and support during this project and the course. We have gained knowledge and deeper understanding of the exciting computer networking technologies.
And also, to Dr. Sourosh Haeri who developed VNE-Sim for his Ph.D Thesis under the guidance of Dr. Ljiljana Trajkovic at the Communication Networks Laboratory (CNL) at Simon Fraser University, for letting us utilize and work on the latest trend in technology for our project. We are very thankful to both of them for this opportunity to use VNE-Sim for our project and for the insight that we have acquired from this project.
REFERENCES
[1] Y. Liu, J. K. Muppala, M. Veeraraghavan, D. Lin, and M. Hamdi, Data Center Networks - Topologies, Architectures, and Fault-Tolerance Characteristics. Springer Briefs in Computer Science, Springer, 2013.
[2] S. Haeri and Lj. Trajkovic, VNE-Sim: a virtual network embedding simulator, SIMUTOOLS, Prague, Czech Republic, Aug. 2016, pp. 112117.
[3] H. Ben Yedder, Q. Ding, U. Zakia, Z. Li, S. Haeri, and Lj. Trajkovic, Comparison of virtualization algorithms and topologies for data center networks,The 26th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2017), 2nd Workshop on Network Security Analytics and Automation (NSAA), Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 2017.
[4] S. Haeri and Lj. Trajkovic, Virtual network embedding via Monte-Carlo tree search,IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 112, Feb. 2017.
[5] (2018, Aug.) Boston University Representative Internet Topology Generator. [Online]. Available: http://www.cs.bu.edu/brite/.
[6] L. Saino, C. Cocora, and G. Pavlou, A toolchain for simplifying network simulation setup, in Proceedings of the 6th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques, SimuTools '13, (Brussels, BEL), p. 82{91, ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering), 2013.
