{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3022259277","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2020.2990868","title":"IntFlow: Integrating Per-Packet and Per-Flowlet Switching Strategy for Load Balancing in Datacenter Networks","display_name":"IntFlow: Integrating Per-Packet and Per-Flowlet Switching Strategy for Load Balancing in Datacenter Networks","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-04-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3022259277","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2020.2990868","mag":"3022259277"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tnsm.2020.2990868","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2020.2990868","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173527311","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management","issn_l":"1932-4537","issn":["1932-4537","2373-7379"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012414145","display_name":"Qingyu Shi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3620-2889"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1327237609","display_name":"Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01mv9t934","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1327237609","https://openalex.org/I4210127390"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210138186","display_name":"Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics","ror":"https://ror.org/03c9ncn37","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210138186"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I47720641","display_name":"Huazhong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00p991c53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qingyu Shi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Engineering Research Center of Data Storage Systems and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, China","Key Laboratory of Information Storage System, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3620-2889","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Engineering Research Center of Data Storage Systems and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1327237609"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Information Storage System, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210138186","https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100321399","display_name":"Fang Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-4158"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1327237609","display_name":"Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01mv9t934","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1327237609","https://openalex.org/I4210127390"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210138186","display_name":"Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics","ror":"https://ror.org/03c9ncn37","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210138186"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I47720641","display_name":"Huazhong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00p991c53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fang Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Engineering Research Center of Data Storage Systems and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, China","Key Laboratory of Information Storage System, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-4158","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Engineering Research Center of Data Storage Systems and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1327237609"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Information Storage System, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210138186","https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057421680","display_name":"Dan Feng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4674-6006"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1327237609","display_name":"Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01mv9t934","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1327237609","https://openalex.org/I4210127390"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210138186","display_name":"Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics","ror":"https://ror.org/03c9ncn37","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210138186"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I47720641","display_name":"Huazhong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00p991c53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dan Feng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Engineering Research Center of Data Storage Systems and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, China","Key Laboratory of Information Storage System, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Engineering Research Center of Data Storage Systems and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1327237609"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Information Storage System, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210138186","https://openalex.org/I47720641"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.7552,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":22,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90740298,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":"3","first_page":"1377","last_page":"1388"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","score":0.9979000091552734,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8646130561828613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.7076065540313721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workload","display_name":"Workload","score":0.6739649772644043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.6253721714019775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/load-balancing","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","score":0.5585581660270691},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-congestion","display_name":"Network congestion","score":0.5559263825416565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/packet-switching","display_name":"Packet switching","score":0.46946942806243896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flow-control","display_name":"Flow control (data)","score":0.45949745178222656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/performance-improvement","display_name":"Performance improvement","score":0.43623408675193787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.3638177216053009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.3557860553264618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.08323901891708374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grid","display_name":"Grid","score":0.07347425818443298}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8646130561828613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.7076065540313721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778476105","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628539","display_name":"Workload","level":2,"score":0.6739649772644043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.6253721714019775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138959212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1806783","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","level":3,"score":0.5585581660270691},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195563490","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180368","display_name":"Network congestion","level":3,"score":0.5559263825416565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113508815","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193446","display_name":"Packet switching","level":3,"score":0.46946942806243896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186766456","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q612457","display_name":"Flow control (data)","level":2,"score":0.45949745178222656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778915421","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3643177","display_name":"Performance improvement","level":2,"score":0.43623408675193787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.3638177216053009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.3557860553264618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.08323901891708374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.07347425818443298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tnsm.2020.2990868","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2020.2990868","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173527311","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management","issn_l":"1932-4537","issn":["1932-4537","2373-7379"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G613454002","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NGII20170120","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335787","funder_display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335787","display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":40,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1657185548","https://openalex.org/W1698388015","https://openalex.org/W1968331080","https://openalex.org/W1990249073","https://openalex.org/W1994926493","https://openalex.org/W2038718790","https://openalex.org/W2046135867","https://openalex.org/W2099657323","https://openalex.org/W2126969025","https://openalex.org/W2130531694","https://openalex.org/W2132320636","https://openalex.org/W2134889667","https://openalex.org/W2142480021","https://openalex.org/W2149804187","https://openalex.org/W2157614013","https://openalex.org/W2157990152","https://openalex.org/W2164740236","https://openalex.org/W2167025919","https://openalex.org/W2168595508","https://openalex.org/W2169246522","https://openalex.org/W2465793152","https://openalex.org/W2517233056","https://openalex.org/W2604642895","https://openalex.org/W2605280586","https://openalex.org/W2744567246","https://openalex.org/W2744698795","https://openalex.org/W2761338514","https://openalex.org/W2762470888","https://openalex.org/W2770706713","https://openalex.org/W2885837639","https://openalex.org/W2912786814","https://openalex.org/W2952925381","https://openalex.org/W2960384599","https://openalex.org/W2982496282","https://openalex.org/W3160434771","https://openalex.org/W4238465620","https://openalex.org/W6636819530","https://openalex.org/W6736026156","https://openalex.org/W6736124970","https://openalex.org/W6758850006"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1483864377","https://openalex.org/W2131441491","https://openalex.org/W2161382340","https://openalex.org/W2383692046","https://openalex.org/W2890827962","https://openalex.org/W85479676","https://openalex.org/W2387720253","https://openalex.org/W2188694736","https://openalex.org/W2174583209","https://openalex.org/W3202955346"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Datacenter":[0],"network":[1,6,147],"load":[2,22,124],"balancing":[3,125],"schemes":[4,17,53,96],"handle":[5],"traffic":[7,19,105],"generated":[8],"by":[9],"massive":[10],"different":[11,35,100],"applications.":[12],"Some":[13],"packet-based":[14,63],"or":[15,149],"flowlet-based":[16,52],"capture":[18],"bursts":[20],"for":[21,156],"balancing.":[23],"But":[24],"frequent":[25],"rerouting":[26],"within":[27],"a":[28,80,122],"flow":[29,44,76,134],"can":[30,69,164],"mix":[31],"ACKs":[32],"belonging":[33],"to":[34,85,99,182],"paths":[36],"in":[37,106,115,139],"congestion":[38,148],"control":[39],"protocols,":[40],"which":[41],"adversely":[42],"affects":[43],"rate":[45],"control.":[46],"Besides,":[47],"performance":[48,87,113,167,187],"optimization":[49],"effect":[50],"of":[51,92,103,133],"may":[54],"be":[55],"less":[56],"noticeable":[57],"under":[58,79,168,192],"smoother":[59],"workloads.":[60,174],"And":[61],"several":[62],"mechanisms":[64],"implemented":[65],"at":[66],"end":[67],"hosts":[68],"proactively":[70,143],"reroute":[71],"congested":[72],"flows":[73,145,158],"based":[74,130],"on":[75],"status":[77,135],"even":[78],"smooth":[81,173],"workload,":[82],"but":[83],"fail":[84],"improve":[86],"with":[88,136,159],"the":[89],"bursty":[90],"nature":[91],"traffic.":[93],"Therefore,":[94],"existing":[95],"cannot":[97],"adapt":[98],"burst":[101,171],"levels":[102],"dynamic":[104],"datacenter":[107],"networks":[108],"and":[109,151,172,184,190],"still":[110],"have":[111],"significant":[112],"flaws":[114],"some":[116],"ways.":[117],"This":[118],"paper":[119],"proposes":[120],"IntFlow,":[121],"novel":[123],"scheme":[126],"that":[127],"integrates":[128],"end-host":[129],"per-packet":[131],"monitoring":[132],"flowlet":[137,154],"switching":[138,155],"programable":[140],"switches.":[141],"IntFlow":[142,163,179],"reroutes":[144],"experiencing":[146],"failures":[150],"avoids":[152],"doing":[153],"small":[157],"high":[160,170],"sending":[161],"rate.":[162],"provide":[165],"excellent":[166],"both":[169],"Finally":[175],"experimental":[176],"results":[177],"show":[178],"achieves":[180],"up":[181],"32%":[183],"28%":[185],"better":[186],"than":[188],"CONGA":[189],"Hermes":[191],"asymmetries,":[193],"respectively.":[194]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}