Review: Performance estimation of banyan semi layer networks with drop resolution mechanism

  • Authors:
  • Eleftherios Stergiou;John Garofalakis

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Technology ATEI of Epirus, Arta 47100, Greece;Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Rio Patras 26500, Greece and Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Rio Patras 26500, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Multistage interconnection networks (MINs) are a basic class of switch-based network architectures, which are used for constructing scalable parallel computers or for connecting networks. Semi-layer MINs are a special case of MINs. A performance evaluation of semi-layer MINs (using simulation models) is presented in this paper. The configurations of the under study networks apply a conflict drop resolution mechanism. The proposed architecture's performance is studied under uniform traffic conditions and various offered loads, buffer-lengths and MIN sizes. In this paper, the improvements on semi-layer MIN performance, in terms of throughput and latency, are demonstrated quantitatively. These performance measures can be valuable tools for designers of parallel multiprocessor systems and networks, in order to minimize the overall deployment costs and help deliver efficient systems.