Nonlinear Control Analysis of Quantized Congestion Notification in Data Center Networks

Ruan, Chang; Zhang, Tao; Li, Huixi; Yang, Xi

doi:10.1109/access.2020.3006065

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“…DCQCN: It combines Quantized Congestion Notification (QCN) [19] and Data Center TCP (DCTCP) [20]. It prevents packet loss by PFC and adjusts the transmission rate by Explicit Congestion Notification [21].…”

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ACC-RL: Adaptive Congestion Control Based on Reinforcement Learning in Power Distribution Networks with Data Centers

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Modern data center power distribution networks place greater demands on the stability and reliability of power supply. Growing network computing demands and complex network environments can cause network congestion, which in turn leads to network traffic overload and power supply equipment overload. Therefore, network congestion is one of the most important problems faced by data center power distribution networks. In this paper, we propose an approach called ACC-RL based on reinforcement learning (RL), which can effectively avoid network congestion and improve energy performance. ACC-RL models the congestion control task as a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP). It is independent of the estimated value function and supports deterministic policies. It also sets the reward value function using real-time network information such as the transmission rate, RTT, and switch queue length, with the target transmission rate as the target equilibrium point. ACC-RL is highly general, can be trained on datasets running in different network environments, and generates a robust congestion control policy. The experimental results show that ACC-RL can solve the congestion problem without any predefined scenarios in different network environments. It can control the network traffic well, thus ensuring the stability and reliability of the power supply in the distribution network. We conduct network simulation experiments through NS-3. We set up different scenarios for experiments and data analysis in many-to-one, all-to-all, and long–short network environments. Compared with the popular rule-based congestion control algorithms such as TIMELY, DCQCN, and HPCC, ACC-RL shows different degrees of energy performance advantages in network metrics such as fairness, link utilization, and throughput.

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Section: Congestion Control Algorithmsmentioning

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ACC-RL: Adaptive Congestion Control Based on Reinforcement Learning in Power Distribution Networks with Data Centers

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“…Alizadeh et al [209], [215] described and analysed the Quantized Congestion Notification (QCN) as an attempt to develop an ethernet congestion control algorithm for hardware implementation. Random TCP timeout is also one of the methods to reduce the buffer pressure and incast problems consequently.…”

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