A Scalable Network Architecture for a Large-scale Uni-directional Link

A New Scalable Directory Architecture for Large-Scale Multiprocessors

The memory overhead introduced by directories constitutes a major hurdle in the scalability of cc-NUMA architectures, which makes the shared-memory paradigm unfeasible for very large-scale systems. This work is focused on improving the scalability of shared-memory multiprocessors by significantly reducing the size of the directory. We propose multilayer clustering as an effective approach to re...

A Scalable Hybrid Overlay Multicast Architecture for Large-Scale Applications

We propose a two-tier overlay multicast architecture to efficiently support large-scale multicast applications. In this architecture, overlay multicast scheme is adopted in the backbone domain, while application-layer multicast protocol is responsible for the communication between the limited number of end users in access domains. Our two-tier architecture is able to provide efficient resource ...

A Network Architecture for Large Scale Virtual Environments

NPSNET: A Network Software Architecture For Large Scale Virtual Environments

This paper explores the issues involved in designing and developing network softrarare architectures for large-scale virtual environments. We present our ideas in the context of NPSNET-IV, the first 3-D virtual environment that incorDorates both the IEEE 1278 distributed interactive simulation (DlS) application protocol and the lP multicast network protocol for multiplayer simulation over the l...

A Multicast Network Architecture for Large Scale Collaborative Virtual Environments

This paper introduces a multicast based architecture for supporting large scale Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs). The paper begins by defining CVEs, discussing the motivations behind their development and identifying some of the key challenges that they pose to network developers. The paper then reviews a so-called spatial model of interaction which defines a number of general mechanis...