I-D Action: draft-li-cats-intellinode-network-scheduling-01.txt

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   Title:   IntelliNode: In-Network Intelligent Scheduling Extensions for CATS
   Authors: Qing Li
            Teng gao
            Yong Jiang
   Name:    draft-li-cats-intellinode-network-scheduling-01.txt
   Pages:   6
   Dates:   2026-08-30

Abstract:

   This document introduces IntelliNode, an in-network intelligent
   scheduling mechanism built upon the Computing-Aware Traffic Steering
   (CATS) framework.  Modern large-scale AI training and inference
   heavily rely on distributed heterogeneous clusters (GPU/CPU/FPGA).
   However, existing networks lack awareness of tensor semantics,
   training phases, and heterogeneous computing capabilities, leading to
   high communication latency, low resource utilization, and pipeline
   stalls.

   IntelliNode shifts away from the traditional passive scheduling
   paradigms that rely on probes and controllers.  By bypassing
   traditional paths and integrating FPGAs alongside programmable Switch
   ASICs, it constructs a rapid data-plane closed loop of "Perception-
   Inference-Decision-Execution".  This architecture performs feature
   extraction at line rate, leverages lightweight prediction models to
   infer short-term network behavior, and drives real-time heuristic
   scheduling decisions (e.g., path selection, tensor slicing, and
   compute matching).  This document defines the four core functional
   layers and extension signaling that support this architecture, laying
   the foundation for an AI-native, scalable distributed computing
   network.

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