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Issue No.09 - September (1999 vol.10)
pp: 946-957
ABSTRACT
<p><b>Abstract</b>—In this paper, we analyze ways of realizing permutations in a class of <tmath>$2log_2 N$</tmath>- or (<tmath>$2log_{2}N-1$</tmath>)-stage rearrangeable networks. The analysis is based on the newly developed inside-out routing algorithm [<ref type="bib" rid="bibL09461">1</ref>] and we derive the upper and lower bounds on the number of possible realizations of a permutation. It is shown that the algorithm can provide us with comparable degrees of freedom in realizing a given permutation as the well-known looping algorithm, while it can be more generally applied to a class of <tmath>$2log_{2}N$</tmath>- or (<tmath>$2log_{2}N-1$</tmath>)-stage rearrangeable networks. In finding a set of complete assignments for the center-stage cycles, alternate realizations of a permutation can be obtained by changing the initial position, changing the assigning direction, or even interchanging the first-level decompositions of the permutation. We also show that these numerable alternate realizations can be utilized to make the networks tolerate some sets of faults, i.e., control faults of SEs including stuck-at-straight and stuck-at-cross. Various cases of single control faults at the center stages and other stages are examined through examples. These new approaches originate from routing outward from center stages to outer stages; therefore, the center stages and two half networks may be treated separately.</p>
INDEX TERMS
Rearrangeable networks, Omega + Omega network, Benes network, looping algorithm, inside-out routing algorithm, fault tolerance.
CITATION
Seung-Woo Seo, Tse-yun Feng, Hyoung-Il Lee, "Permutation Realizability and Fault Tolerance Property of the Inside-Out Routing Algorithm", IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed Systems, vol.10, no. 9, pp. 946-957, September 1999, doi:10.1109/71.798318
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