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ZTE Communications ›› 2013, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1): 54-61.

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Data Center Network Architecture

Yantao Sun, Jing Cheng, Konggui Shi, and Qiang Liu   

  1. School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • Received:2012-01-13 Online:2013-03-25 Published:2013-03-25
  • About author:Yantao Sun (ytsun@bjtu.edu.cn) received his PhD degree from the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2006. He is currently a lecturer at the School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include cloud computing, datacenter networks, and network management. He has participated in several national 863 Plans and 973 Plans and has cooperated with Intel, ZTE, and Shenghua Group. He has been published in international journals and conferences proceedings. He has authored three national and enterprise standards and two textbooks. He has applied for four national invention patents.

    Jing Cheng (yourney3@gmail.com) is completing her MS degree in computer science at Beijing Jiaotong University. She received her BS degree in information security from Beijing Information Technology University. She was awarded the honor of outstanding graduate. Her research interests are data center networks and network simulation.

    Konggui Shi (shikonggui@gmail.com) is completing his MS degree in computer science at Beijing Jiaotong University. He received his BS degree in software engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include distributed systems and network management. He is a skilled developer and has participated in several key corporate and organizational projects.

    Qiang Liu (liuq@bjtu.edu.cn) received his MS and PhD degrees in communication and information systems from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2004 and 2007. He is currently a lecturer at the School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University. His research interests include mobile communication networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and network simulation. During the tenth Five-Year Plan and Twelfth Five-Year Plan, he participated in several national defense pre-research projects and international cooperative research projects as a member of Intel. He has published more than 20 papers as the first author. At present, he is leading several research projects.

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Abstract: The rapid development of cloud computing has created significant challenges in data center architecture. In this paper, we discuss these challenges. We introduce the latest research on data center network architecture, especially in terms of structure and virtual machine migration. We also introduce research in areas related to network architecture. Finally, we suggest future research areas in data center networks.

Key words: data center network, network architecture, network topology, virtual machine migration