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Wanted: Systems Abstractions for SDN
No full textThis paper presents a case for applying the principles of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to middleboxes and end hosts. The challenges of configuring networking on network hosts resemble those addressed by SDN – numerous multi-vendor components, each with its own syntax and idiosyncratic corner cases, must be orchestrated smoothly. We have developed a prototype called NativeClick, a novel use of the Click Modular Router language, to orchestrate Linux networking tools. NativeClick demonstrates that, while existing SDN efforts have produced insufficient Abstractions to cover a wide range of networking behavior, SDN-like abstractions can make host configurations modular
Predicting MPEG Execution Times
No full textThis paper reports on a set of experiments that measure the amount of CPU processing needed to decode MPEG-compressed video in software. These experiments were designed to discover indicators that could be used to predict how many cycles are required to decode a given frame. Such predictors can be used to do more accurate CPU scheduling. We found that by considering both frame type and size, it is possible to construct a linear model of MPEG decoding with R 2 values of 0.97 and higher. Moreover, this model can be used to predict decoding times at both the frame and packet level that are almost always accurate to within 25% of the actual decode times. This is a surprising result given the large variability in MPEG decoding times, and suggests that it is feasible to design systems that make quality of service guarantees for MPEG-encoded video, rather than less variable encodings, such as JPEG. Department of Computer Science The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 1 Introduction The abi..
SILK: Scout Paths in the Linux Kernel
No full textSILK stands for Scout In the Linux Kernel, and is a port of the Scout operating system to run as a Linux kernel module. SILK forms a replacement networking subsystem for standard Linux 2.4 kernels. Linux applications create and use Scout paths via the Linux socket interface with virtually no modifications to the applications themselves. SILK provides Linux applications with the benefits of Scout paths, including early packet demultiplexing, per-flow accounting of resources, and explicit scheduling of network processing. SILK also introduces the concept of an extended path to provide a framework for application QoS. We demonstrate the utility of SILK by showing how it can provide QoS for the Apache Web server
Predicting MPEG Execution Times
No full textThis paper reports on a set of experiments that measure the amount of CPU processing needed to decode MPEGcompressed video in software. These experiments were designed to discover indicators that could be used to predict how many cycles are required to decode a given frame. Such predictors can be used to do more accurate CPU scheduling. We found that by considering both frame type and size, it is possible to construct a linear model of MPEG decoding with R 2 values of 0.97 and higher. Moreover, this model can be used to predict decoding times at both the frame and packet level that are almost always accurate to within 25% of the actual decode times. This is a surprising result given the large variability in MPEG decoding times, and suggests that it is feasible to design systems that make quality of service guarantees for MPEG-encoded video. 1 Introduction The ability of modern processors to decode MPEG compressed video in realtime has led to users wanting to run a mix of application..
