• DocumentCode
    1102980
  • Title

    Comments on "An optimal shortest-path routing policy for network computers with regular mesh-connected topologies"

  • Author

    Weller, Tom ; Hajek, Bruce

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    862
  • Lastpage
    863
  • Abstract
    S. Badr and P. Podar (1989) introduced a zig-zag routing policy and showed its optimality for shortest-path routing on square or infinite grid networks with independent link failures. This paper shows that, contrary to the claim of Badr and Podar, a zig-zag policy is not optimal for shortest-path routing on torus networks.<>
  • Keywords
    dynamic programming; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network routing; infinite grid networks; network computers; optimal shortest-path routing policy; regular mesh-connected topologies; torus networks; zig-zag routing policy; Computer networks; Grid computing; Network topology; Routing; Stochastic processes; Telecommunication traffic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/12.293267
  • Filename
    293267