18th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'04) - Workshop 7
Parallel Routing Algorithms for Nonblocking Electronic and Photonic Multistage Switching Networks
Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 26-April 30
ISBN: 0-7695-2132-0
Nonblocking multistage interconnection networks are favored to be used as switching networks whenever possible. Crosstalk-free requirement in photonic networks adds a new dimension of constraints for nonblockingness. Routing algorithms play a fundamental role in nonblocking networks, and any algorithm that requires more than linear time would be considered too slow for real-time applications. One remedy is to use multiple processors to route connections in parallel. In this paper, we study the connection capacity of a class of rearrangeable nonblocking and strictly nonblocking networks with/without crosstalk-free constraint, model their routing problems as weak or strong edge colorings of bipartite graphs, and propose efficient routing algorithms for these networks using parallel processing techniques.
Citation:
Enyue Lu, S. Q. Zheng, "Parallel Routing Algorithms for Nonblocking Electronic and Photonic Multistage Switching Networks," ipdps, vol. 8, pp.176b, 18th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'04) - Workshop 7, 2004