Load Balancing for data-center networks

The primary focus of the course is on recent developments that apply the concept of programmable data planes to the load-balancing problem. Data Center networks and their implications for the routing and load-balancing approaches are treated. Several load balancing strategies are studied in more detail such as Equal Cost Multipath Routing (ECMP), Conga and Hula. Finally, future usecases such as load balancing in data centre networks with cross-layer information are treated.

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: Computer Science 30 ECTS credits or three years of work experience, and Introduction to Dataplane Programming DVAD41, or equivalent. Upper secondary English 6 or B, or equivalent.

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.