Communication system, computing machine, communication method and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12363192-B2
Application number	US-202118687581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2021
Priority date	Sep 6, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

This communication system comprises a plurality of computers 1, 2 that each comprise: an optical transport path control unit 14 that adjusts the number of optical transport paths between the computer itself and a connection target computer and that sets the adjusted number of optical transport paths; a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication unit 11 that, in accordance with the number of optical transport paths 4 announced from the optical transport path control unit 14, chunks data that is to be transferred to the connection target computer; and an RDMA control unit 16 that sets RDMA communication paths the number of which is the same as the number of the optical transport paths 4 pursuant to an instruction from the RDMA communication unit 11.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication system comprising: a plurality of computing machines, wherein
the computing machines each include
an optical transmission path control unit configured to adjust a number of optical transmission paths with a computing machine that is a connection destination and set the adjusted number of optical transmission paths,
a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication unit configured to divide data to be transferred to the computing machine that is the connection destination into data chunks according to the number of optical transmission paths reported from the optical transmission path control unit, and transmit an instruction to set RDMA communication paths, wherein each data chunk corresponds to a different RDMA communication path, and
an RDMA control unit configured to set the same number of RDMA communication paths as the number of the optical transmission paths according to the instruction from the RDMA communication unit.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
devices in the computing machine are connected via an optical bus, and
a number of data chunks is the same as the number of optical transmission paths.

3. A computing machine comprising:
an optical transmission path control unit configured to adjust a number of optical transmission paths with a computing machine that is a connection destination and set the adjusted number of optical transmission paths;
a remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication unit configured to divide data to be transferred to the computing machine that is the connection destination into data chunks according to the number of optical transmission paths reported from the optical transmission path control unit, and transmit an instruction to set RDMA communication paths, wherein each data chunk corresponds to a different RDMA communication path; and
an RDMA control unit configured to set the same number of RDMA communication paths as the number of optical transmission paths according to the instruction from the RDMA communication unit.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the computing machine according to claim 3 .

5. A communication method performed by a communication system comprising a plurality of computing machines,
wherein each computing machine performs operations comprising:
adjusting a number of optical transmission paths with a computing machine that is a connection destination, setting the adjusted number of optical transmission paths, and reporting the set number of optical transmission paths,
dividing data to be transferred to the computing machine that is the connection destination into data chunks according to the reported number of optical transmission paths, wherein each data chunk corresponds to a different remote direct memory access (RDMA) communication path, and
setting the same number of RDMA communication paths as the reported number of optical transmission paths.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Mano Toru
• Ichikawa Junki
• Tsukishima Yukio
• Shimizu Kenji
• Nishizawa Hideki
• Hibi Tomoya
• INOUE Kiwami

Classifications

• H04B10/80

  Optical aspects relating to the use of optical transmission for specific applications, not provided for in groups H04B10/03 - H04B10/70, e.g. optical power feeding or optical transmission through water · CPC title

• H04L67/1097 Primary

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title