Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, (2025)

Virtualization-Enabled Dynamic Functional Split and Resource Mapping in Optical Data Center Networks [Early Posting]

Tian Bo... hu shanting, Zhang Qi, Huang Xiaofei, Zhu Lei, Chang Huan, Pan Xiaolong Xin Xiangjun |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • Beijing Institute of Technology
  • China
  • Beijing Institute of electronic system engineering
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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    Diverse applications and varying resource demands result in nonuniform traffic distribution and imbalanced resource utilization in data center networks (DCNs). We propose a fine-grained baseband function reallocation scheme in heterogeneous optical switching-based data center networks (HOS-DCNs). A deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based functional split and resource mapping approach (DRL-BFM) is proposed to maximize throughput in high-load server racks through implementing load balancing in DCNs. The results demonstrate that DRL-BFM improves throughput of 20.8%, 22.8% and 29.8% on average compared to existing algorithms under different computational, bandwidth capacities and latency conditions, respectively.

    Paper Information

    Manuscript Accepted: Nov. 19, 2024

    Posted: Mar. 26, 2025

    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.050003