Using flexible Ethernet to build a flexible network

Author

Zijian He ; Xinyuan Wang

Author_Institution

IP Technol. Res. Dept., Huawei Technol. Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

872

Lastpage

875

Abstract

Based on network processor and traffic management processor, packet devices can generate flows with specified bandwidths. Unfortunately, fixed-bandwidth Ethernet interface hides the flexibility of packet devices and packet devices can just provide single flow with fixed bandwidth. Flexible Ethernet introduced in this paper can divide Ethernet interface into several sub-Ethernet interfaces and the bandwidth of each sub-Ethernet interface is configurable. Based on this feature, flexible Ethernet can be used to build a flexible network for traffic optimization, and it also can be used for IP&Optical synergy towards IP offloading.

Keywords

IP networks; local area networks; telecommunication traffic; IP offloading; IP&Optical synergy; bandwidth configuration; flexible Ethernet; flexible network; flow generation; network processor; packet devices; subEthernet interfaces; traffic management processor; traffic optimization; Bandwidth; Computer vision; Containers; IP networks; Image motion analysis; Optical fiber networks; Ports (Computers); Flexible Bandwidth; Flexible Ethernet; Flexible Network IP&Optical Synergy; IP Offloading; Network Optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pyeongchang

Print_ISBN

978-89-968650-2-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2014.6779085

Filename

6779085