ARCHITECTURE AND CONTROL PLANE FOR DATA CENTERS
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1. A network architecture which employs attributes of a data center to enable an increased level of efficiency and reduced latency, comprising:
- a. a control plane, the control plane operable to monitor and schedule distribution operations, the control plane including a central unit; and
b. a data plane distinct from the control plane, the data plane operable to enable data packet transit,c. wherein the control plane and the data plane are decoupled, whereby timescales associated with network monitoring and control and switching of data are decoupled.
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Abstract
Systems and methods according to present principles provide an architecture for data center networks with many, e.g., possibly up to thousands, top of rack (ToR) switches, by employing an architecture that relies on a separation of the data and the control planes. While the data is switched between the ToR switches in an all-optical high rate network, network state and control information is continuously transmitted and received from a central unit (also termed a control unit or centralized unit) over an ultra-low-latency wireless/wired network.
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1. A network architecture which employs attributes of a data center to enable an increased level of efficiency and reduced latency, comprising:
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a. a control plane, the control plane operable to monitor and schedule distribution operations, the control plane including a central unit; and b. a data plane distinct from the control plane, the data plane operable to enable data packet transit, c. wherein the control plane and the data plane are decoupled, whereby timescales associated with network monitoring and control and switching of data are decoupled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of organizing data communications in a data center, comprising:
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a. in a data center of a network, monitoring and scheduling distribution operations using a control plane, the control plane including a central unit, the monitoring and scheduling distribution operations performed by communicating with a plurality of top of rack (ToR) switches; and b. in the data center, causing data traffic in a data plane, the data plane decoupled from the control plane, c. such that decoupling of the control plane from the data plane decouples timescales associated with network monitoring and control and switching of data, whereby timescales associated with the planes may be optimized in a decoupled fashion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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