Abstract:
A method of recovering a fault in a multilayer network and an apparatus thereof are provided, the method including obtaining lower layer backup path setting information through a signaling message that is used for a label based path setting, setting a backup path at a lower layer based on the obtained lower layer backup path setting information, and upon detecting a fault at the lower layer, performing a protection switching through the set backup path at the lower layer.
Abstract:
Provided are a processing system and method for increasing memory resources. The method includes generating, by a host node, a device memory resource request and transmitting the device memory resource request to a network manager, providing, by the network manager, memory node information and connection information to the host node in response to the memory resource request, generating, by the host node, an optical link frame corresponding to the request, connecting, by the network manager, a memory node whose memory resources are available and the host node by controlling an optical switch, and communicating, by the host node and the memory node of which memory resources are available, with each other using a light signal corresponding to the optical link frame.
Abstract:
Provided are a memory access method and a server for performing the same. A memory access method performed by an optical interleaver included in a server includes receiving a request message from a requester processing engine included in the server, setting receiving buffers corresponding to different wavelengths corresponding to the number of external memory/storage devices connected to the server, multiplexing the same request message at the different wavelengths according to a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) scheme, and transmitting the multiplexed request messages to the respective external memory/storage devices, wherein an address of a virtual memory managed by the server is separated and stored according to an interleaving scheme by a responder included in each of the external memory/storage devices.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a disaggregated data center resource management method and apparatus. A resource management method in a disaggregated data center includes receiving a resource allocation request from a client; generating allocated resource information about a computing resource and a memory resource which configure a virtual server in one rack of the data center according to the resource allocation request and optical path setting information for optical path connection of the computing resource and the memory resource; updating a resource management table for the computing resource and the memory resource; and transmitting a resource connection setting message including the allocated resource information and the optical path setting information to the computing resource and the memory resource.
Abstract:
Provided are a multi-lane-based Ethernet lane fault recovery apparatus and method capable of detecting a lane fault separately from a link fault and identifying one or more lanes where the lane fault has occurred. The lane fault recovery apparatus includes a communication unit configured to comprise a plurality of data transmission lanes, distribute data between the plurality of data transmission lanes in response to the receipt of a control command and photoelectrically convert the data; and a connection processing unit configured to detect the occurrence of a fault from the plurality of data transmission lanes, exclude one or more faulty lanes where the fault has occurred from the plurality of data transmission lanes and transmit the data via the rest of the data transmission lanes that are available for use. The connection processing unit may be further configured to transmit data via a switched backup link.
Abstract:
A method of operating a link enhancement layer includes generating an expandable flexible flit related to a request or a response of a compute express link (CXL) transaction layer, and transmitting the expandable flexible flit to another link enhancement layer connected to the link enhancement layer. The expandable flexible flit is terminated in the other link enhancement layer.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for allocating a memory address in a resource-centric network are disclosed. The method of allocating a memory address may include receiving a request for a new service, determining whether the new service is able to be accommodated in a virtual memory that is pre-allocated in a resource-centric network, when the new service is able to be accommodated, allocating a memory area for accommodating the new service to the virtual memory, and when the new service is not able to be accommodated, allocating the memory area by using an additionally allocated area of a virtual memory of the resource-centric network.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a communication method, a zone scheduler performing thereof, and an inter-zone scheduling coordinator (IZSC). A communication method performed by a zone scheduler may include transmitting an inter-zone scheduling request to an IZSC in response to an occurrence of an inter-zone traffic with respect to another zone scheduler, receiving an inter-zone matching pattern and information on a time slot from the IZSC, and transmitting the inter-zone traffic to the other zone scheduler by performing scheduling based on the inter-zone matching pattern in the time slot.
Abstract:
An optical switching control method and apparatus. The method includes generating an optical switching path corresponding to a destination node of service traffic flowing from an external service network, generating an optical frame corresponding to the generated optical switching path, transmitting, to a control server, a request message for requesting an allocation of a time slot to transmit the generated optical frame, generating an optical signal having a predetermined wavelength to transmit the optical frame in response to an admission message being received as a result of admission with respect to the request message, and transferring the optical frame to the destination node based on the optical switching path using the generated optical signal.
Abstract:
A memory access controlling device and method in a parallel processing system are disclosed. The memory access controlling device includes an optical transceiver configured to receive an optical signal including a memory access frame from an optical circuit switch (OCS), a memory access controller configured to perform a scheduling operation and a memory access control operation based on the memory access frame and transmit a memory processing instruction and memory address information to a memory controller, and the memory controller configured to perform at least one of memory data read or memory data write based on the memory processing instruction and the memory address information. The memory access controller includes a plurality of header processors and is configured to control memory processing instructions to be performed in sequential order based on connection information between each of the header processors and a target memory.