The necessary conditions for clos-type nonblocking multicast networks

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1214-1227

  Yang, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Masson, Gerald M ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Interconnection networks; Multicast networks; Necessary conditions; Nonblocking; Routing control strategies

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); MULTICASTING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

CLOS NONBLOCKING MULTICAST NETWORKS;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS;

EID: 0033220865     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.811110     Document Type: Article

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