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Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga obtuvo los grados de Ingeniero en Comunicaciones y Electrónica por la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) en el 2002, Maestría y Doctorado en Ciencias con especialidad en telecomunicaciones en el CINVESTAV del IPN en Zacatenco (2006) y Guadalajara (2016), respectivamente. Actualmente es profesor investigador en el Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Telecomunicaciones (CIDTE) de la UAZ. Sus intereses de investigación son las telecomunicaciones, los SoC’s y las redes en chip. El Dr. Sandoval-Arechiga es miembro del IEEE en las sociedades ComSoc, Computer y CAS.
Current computing platforms encourage the integration of thousands of processing cores, and their interconnections, into a single chip. Mobile smartphones, IoT, embedded devices, desktops, and data centers use Many-Core Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) to exploit their compute power and parallelism to meet the dynamic workload requirements. Networks-on-Chip (NoCs) lead to scalable connectivity for diverse applications with distinct traffic patterns and data dependencies. However, when the system executes various applications in traditional NoCs—optimized and fixed at synthesis time—the interconnection nonconformity with the different applications’ requirements generates limitations in the performance. In the literature, NoC designs embraced the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) strategy to evolve into an adaptable interconnection solution for future chips. However, the works surveyed implement a partial Software-Defined Network-on-Chip (SDNoC) approach, leaving aside the SDN layered architecture that brings interoperability in conventional networking. This paper explores the SDNoC literature and classifies it regarding the desired SDN features that each work presents. Then, we described the challenges and opportunities detected from the literature survey. Moreover, we explain the motivation for an SDNoC approach, and we expose both SDN and SDNoC concepts and architectures. We observe that works in the literature employed an uncomplete layered SDNoC approach. This fact creates various fertile areas in the SDNoC architecture where researchers may contribute to Many-Core SoCs designs.
Jose Gomez-Rodriguez; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; Salvador Ibarra-Delgado; Viktor Rodriguez-Abdala; Jose Vazquez-Avila; Ramon Parra-Michel. A Survey of Software-Defined Networks-on-Chip: Motivations, Challenges and Opportunities. Micromachines 2021, 12, 183 .
AMA StyleJose Gomez-Rodriguez, Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga, Salvador Ibarra-Delgado, Viktor Rodriguez-Abdala, Jose Vazquez-Avila, Ramon Parra-Michel. A Survey of Software-Defined Networks-on-Chip: Motivations, Challenges and Opportunities. Micromachines. 2021; 12 (2):183.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJose Gomez-Rodriguez; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; Salvador Ibarra-Delgado; Viktor Rodriguez-Abdala; Jose Vazquez-Avila; Ramon Parra-Michel. 2021. "A Survey of Software-Defined Networks-on-Chip: Motivations, Challenges and Opportunities." Micromachines 12, no. 2: 183.
Current System-on-Chips (SoCs) execute applications with task dependency that compete for shared resources such as buses, memories, and accelerators. In such a structure, the arbitration policy becomes a critical part of the system to guarantee access and bandwidth suitable for the competing applications. Some strategies proposed in the literature to cope with these issues are Round-Robin, Weighted Round-Robin, Lottery, Time Division Access Multiplexing (TDMA), and combinations. However, a fine-grained bandwidth control arbitration policy is missing from the literature. We propose an innovative arbitration policy based on opportunistic access and a supervised utilization of the bus in terms of transmitted flits (transmission units) that settle the access and fine-grained control. In our proposal, every competing element has a budget. Opportunistic access grants the bus to request even if the component has spent all its flits. Supervised debt accounts a record for every transmitted flit when it has no flits to spend. Our proposal applies to interconnection systems such as buses, switches, and routers. The presented approach achieves deadlock-free behavior even with task dependency applications in the scenarios analyzed through cycle-accurate simulation models. The synergy between opportunistic and supervised debt techniques outperforms Lottery, TDMA, and Weighted Round-Robin in terms of bandwidth control in the experimental studies performed.
Salvador Ibarra-Delgado; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; José Ricardo Gómez-Rodríguez; Manuel Ortíz-López; María Brox. A Bandwidth Control Arbitration for SoC Interconnections Performing Applications With Task Dependencies. Micromachines 2020, 11, 1063 .
AMA StyleSalvador Ibarra-Delgado, Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga, José Ricardo Gómez-Rodríguez, Manuel Ortíz-López, María Brox. A Bandwidth Control Arbitration for SoC Interconnections Performing Applications With Task Dependencies. Micromachines. 2020; 11 (12):1063.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvador Ibarra-Delgado; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; José Ricardo Gómez-Rodríguez; Manuel Ortíz-López; María Brox. 2020. "A Bandwidth Control Arbitration for SoC Interconnections Performing Applications With Task Dependencies." Micromachines 11, no. 12: 1063.
Currently, embedded systems are composed of processors, memories, and Intellectual Property Cores (IP Cores) interconnected to develop a set of specific tasks. Therefore, the selection of an appropriate interconnection architecture is critical in terms of system performance and functionality. A Network-on-Chip provides an efficient and scalable interconnection solution when there are a large number of elements in the system. However, the bus-based interconnection system remains the best option to connect a few cores. The bus arbiter uses an allocation policy to select which IP Core obtains access to the bus. The so-called fair policies ensure that all processors in the system have the same opportunity to access the bus. However, they fail to offer a fair share of the bandwidth or transmission rate, especially when there are heterogeneous IP Cores. As a study case, we analyze an embedded aerospace system for earth observation. Different IP Cores preprocess satellite images at distinct execution times -and unbalanced processing ratesaffecting the delivery rate of images to earth. We study the phenomenon of uneven bus transmission rates due to improper bus allocation using policies such as Round Robin, FIFO, and Lottery. Also, we propose a metric to compute the maximum number of IP Cores without bus saturation.
Salvador Ibarra-Delgado; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; Maria Brox; Ortíz-López Ortiz-Lopez. Throughput Unfairness in Fair Arbitration Interconnection-Buses for Aerospace Embedded Systems. IEEE Latin America Transactions 2020, 18, 1606 -1613.
AMA StyleSalvador Ibarra-Delgado, Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga, Maria Brox, Ortíz-López Ortiz-Lopez. Throughput Unfairness in Fair Arbitration Interconnection-Buses for Aerospace Embedded Systems. IEEE Latin America Transactions. 2020; 18 (09):1606-1613.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalvador Ibarra-Delgado; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; Maria Brox; Ortíz-López Ortiz-Lopez. 2020. "Throughput Unfairness in Fair Arbitration Interconnection-Buses for Aerospace Embedded Systems." IEEE Latin America Transactions 18, no. 09: 1606-1613.
There are many applications where it is necessary to model queuing systems that involve finite queue size. Most of the models consider traffic with Poisson arrivals and exponentially distributed service times. Unfortunately, when the traffic behavior does not consider Poisson arrivals and exponentially distributed service times, closed-form solutions are not always available or have high mathematical complexity. Based on Lindley’s recursion, this paper presents a fast simulation model for an accurate estimation of the performance metrics of G/G/1/K queues. One of the main characteristics of this approach is the support for long-range dependence traffic models. The model can be used to model queuing systems in the same way that a discrete event simulator would do it. This model has a speedup of at least two orders of magnitude concerning implementations in conventional discrete event simulators.
J. L. Vazquez-Avila; R. Sandoval-Arechiga; Agustin Perez-Ramirez; R. Sanchez-Lara; Homero Toral-Cruz; Y. El Hamzaoui. A Fast Simulation Model Based on Lindley’s Recursion for the G/G/1/K Queue. Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2019, 2019, 1 -11.
AMA StyleJ. L. Vazquez-Avila, R. Sandoval-Arechiga, Agustin Perez-Ramirez, R. Sanchez-Lara, Homero Toral-Cruz, Y. El Hamzaoui. A Fast Simulation Model Based on Lindley’s Recursion for the G/G/1/K Queue. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2019; 2019 ():1-11.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJ. L. Vazquez-Avila; R. Sandoval-Arechiga; Agustin Perez-Ramirez; R. Sanchez-Lara; Homero Toral-Cruz; Y. El Hamzaoui. 2019. "A Fast Simulation Model Based on Lindley’s Recursion for the G/G/1/K Queue." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2019, no. : 1-11.
In this work, a comparison of the microwave absorption properties of Opuntia ficus-indica cladodes, Agave atrovirens branches, and Cocos nucifera L. husk samples was performed. The study was carried out by inserting dry and powdered samples of these organic materials transversely and in the middle of a rectangular waveguide, for which scattering parameters S21 and S11 were measured to estimate the absorption coefficient. These measurements were compared to determine the material that behaves the best as a microwave absorber with a view to develop future low-cost and eco-friendly products by reusing agricultural waste. Specifically, Agave atrovirens sample showed the best performance, having an average value of absorption coefficient of 0.4218, while its maximum was 0.5792 at 9.706 GHz within the range from 8.005 to 13 GHz.
Jorge Simón; J. Villanueva-Maldonado; Francisco R. Castillo-Soria; Marco Cardenas-Juarez; Edgar Briones; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; Leonel Soriano-Equigua; José L. Alvarez-Flores. Comparison of the Microwave Absorption Properties of Opuntia ficus-indica, Agave atrovirens, and Cocos nucifera L. Husk. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 2019, 2019, 1 -6.
AMA StyleJorge Simón, J. Villanueva-Maldonado, Francisco R. Castillo-Soria, Marco Cardenas-Juarez, Edgar Briones, Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga, Leonel Soriano-Equigua, José L. Alvarez-Flores. Comparison of the Microwave Absorption Properties of Opuntia ficus-indica, Agave atrovirens, and Cocos nucifera L. Husk. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2019; 2019 ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJorge Simón; J. Villanueva-Maldonado; Francisco R. Castillo-Soria; Marco Cardenas-Juarez; Edgar Briones; Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga; Leonel Soriano-Equigua; José L. Alvarez-Flores. 2019. "Comparison of the Microwave Absorption Properties of Opuntia ficus-indica, Agave atrovirens, and Cocos nucifera L. Husk." International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 2019, no. : 1-6.