Software-Defined Networking for Many-cores

Marcelo Ruaro (1, 2, 3) , Kevin Martin (2, 3) , Fernando G Moraes (1)

1 PUC-RS - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul [Brasil] = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] = Université catholique pontificale de Rio Grande do Sul [Brésil]
2 UBS Lorient - Université de Bretagne Sud - Lorient
3 Lab-STICC_ARCAD - Equipe Hardware ARchitectures and CAD tools

In the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm, routers are generic and programmable forwarding units that transmit packets according to a given policy defined by a software controller. Recent research has shown the potential of such a communication concept for Network on Chip (NoC) management, resulting in hardware complexity reduction, management flexibility, real-time guarantees, and self-awareness. This work briefly introduces the SDN concepts for many-cores and shows different studies addressing SDN, including a comparison between centralized and distributed SDN approaches, as well as the use of SDN to self-adaptive management of QoS and faults, and to provide secure application communication at runtime.

Domaines: Architectures Matérielles [cs.AR]

Marcelo Ruaro, Kevin Martin, Fernando G Moraes. Software-Defined Networking for Many-cores. Colloque du GdR SOC2, Jun 2021, Rennes, France. ⟨hal-03294530⟩