On the Number of Permutations Performable by Extra-Stage Multistage Interconnection Networks

  • Authors:
  • I. Gazit;M. Malek

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin;Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

The number of permutations performable by extra-stage multistage interconnection networks in a single pass is studied. A graph-theoretical approach is used to evaluate the multiplicity of the performable permutations. More specifically, the problem is reduced to a hypercube enumeration problem, and it is shown that there is a direct correspondence between the number of partial subgraphs of a hypercube with a given number of components, and the multiplicity of a corresponding class of permutations performable by the extra- stage network. The evaluation of these multiplicities leads to the calculation of the number of distinct permutations performable by the network.