Effective methodology for deadlock-free minimal routing in InfiniBand networks

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 409-418

  Sancho, J C ^a   Robles, A ^a   Flich, J ^a   Lopez P ^a   Duato, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer architecture; Computer networks; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Packet switching; Quality of service; Routing; Switches; System recovery; Throughput

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PACKET SWITCHING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; QUEUEING NETWORKS; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SWITCHES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THROUGHPUT; TOPOLOGY;

DEADLOCK-FREE ROUTING; INFINIBAND ARCHITECTURE; INFINIBAND NETWORKS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ROUTING; SWITCH-BASED NETWORKS; SYSTEM RECOVERY; THROUGHPUT IMPROVEMENT;

NETWORK ROUTING;

EID: 84948451712     PISSN: 01903918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPP.2002.1040897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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