Duplication can be a powerful strategy for overcoming stragglers in cloud services, but is
often used conservatively because of the risk of overloading the system. We call for making …

In this paper we propose SCDP, a general-purpose data transport protocol for data centres
that, in contrast to all other protocols proposed to date, supports efficient one-to-many and …

In this paper, we make a case for a redundancy-aware network stack (RANS) for data
centers. In RANS, applications expose information about replicas to the network, which in …

In this paper, we introduce Polyraptor, a novel data transport protocol that uses RaptorQ
(RQ) codes and is tailored for one-to-many and many-to-one data transfer patterns, which …

In this paper, we propose a networking paradigm built upon a fountain code based data
transfer mechanism. We advocate that, instead of controlling the congestion as it is applied …

Modern data centres provide large aggregate capacity in the backbone of networks so that
servers can theoretically communicate with each other at their maximum rates. However, the …

Lowest Cost Denominator Networking (LCDnet) envisions" breaking the mould of thinking
that law of economics should govern connectivity to all". It brings together a multi-layer …

Fountain coding has been considered as especially suitable for lossy environments, such as
wireless networks, as it provides redundancy while reducing coordination overheads …

Modern cloud applications require strict performance guarantees from the underlying
systems. However, these applications suffer from several performance issues such as high …

Duplication can be a powerful strategy for overcoming stragglers in cloud services, but is
often used conservatively because of the risk of overloading the system. We present …