An efficient communication protocol for PC clusters

Author

Liang, Hu ; Xiuchuan, Wu ; Kang Jian ; Ming, Hu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Jilin Univ., Changchun, China

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

505

Abstract

When clusters are used in parallel computing, the communication speed between processes is the bottleneck due to low network communication bandwidth. In this paper, we overview some methods used to improve communication performance, and introduce a new transport protocol that we have designed and implemented based on Ethernet. In addition, the TCP/IP protocol is replaced by the new protocol in cluster computing. This work will used in CSCW applications. The results show that parallel computing using the new protocol on an Ethernet compared to using the TCP/IP protocol on an Ethernet can provide larger communication bandwidth and improve the performance of a cluster system.

Keywords

groupware; parallel processing; transport protocols; workstation clusters; CSCW application; Ethernet; IP protocol; PC clusters; TCP protocol; communication bottleneck; communication protocol; network communication bandwidth; parallel computing; transport protocol; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Ethernet networks; Message passing; Parallel processing; TCPIP; Testing; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2004. Proceedings. The 8th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7941-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CACWD.2004.1349074

Filename

1349074