Abstract
In this paper we present PACK (Predictive ACKs), a novel end-to-end Traffic Redundancy Elimination (TRE) system, designed for cloud computing customers. Cloud-based TRE needs to apply a judicious use of cloud resources so that the bandwidth cost reduction combined with the additional cost of TRE computation and storage would be optimized. PACK's main advantage is its capability of offloading the cloud-server TRE effort to end-clients, thus minimizing the processing costs induced by the TRE algorithm. Unlike previous solutions, PACK does not require the server to continuously maintain clients' status. This makes PACK very suitable for pervasive computation environments that combine client mobility and server migration to maintain cloud elasticity. PACK is based on a novel TRE technique, which allows the client to use newly received chunks to identify previously received chunk chains, which in turn can be used as reliable predictors to future transmitted chunks. We present a fully functional PACK implementation, transparent to all TCP-based applications and network devices. Finally, we analyze PACK benefits for cloud users, using traffic traces from various sources.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 86-97 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Computer Communication Review |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Aug 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is partially supported by the VENUS-C project, co-funded within the 7th Framework Programme by the GÉANT & e-Infrastructure Unit, Information Society & Media Directorate General of the European Commission, Contract 261565. It is also partially supported by NET-HD MAGNET program of the office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor. We would like to thank our partners in Venus-C and NET-HD projects for their invaluable feedback and insight.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 ACM.
Keywords
- Caching
- Cloud computing
- Network optimization
- Traffic redundancy elimination
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Computer Networks and Communications