Energy Optimization for Virtualized Network Environments

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been estimated to consume 10% of the total energy consumption in industrial countries. According to the latest measurements, this amount is rapidly increasing by 6% annually. With the evolved new business model in which Service Providers (SPs) are separated from Infrastructure Providers (InPs), Virtualized Network Environments (VNEs) have been regarded as a promising technology for flexibly utilizing shared communication network resources. VNEs also play a fundamental role toward virtualizing data centers. In this thesis, we suggest different feasible solutions to optimize the energy consumption in a VNE. In this regard, first, we review the corresponding literature in regard to the architecture of a VNE, its performance modelling, several power models, and also existing energy-saving solutions for VNEs. We approach the objective of optimizing the energy consumption in a VNE by defining and solving two main problems. The first problem optimizes the energy consumption in a VNE during the off-peak period. This is feasible by reconfiguring the mapping of already embedded virtual networks for the off-peak time. This is planned in two smaller and simpler sub-problems with increasing the complexity and higher energy-saving levels. Our solutions enable the providers to adjust the level of the reconfiguration and accordingly control the possible traffic disruptions. In the second problem, we propose a novel energy-efficient embedding method that maps heterogeneous MapReduce-based virtual networks onto a heterogeneous data center physical network, energy-wise. We introduce a new incast problem that specifically may happen in Virtualized Data Centers (VDCs). The proposed embedding process also controls the incast queueing delay.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering, Electrical and Computer

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Ghazisaeedi, Ebrahim

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2016 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2016-11509

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/39895