Title :
Comment on ´Performance of crossbar interconnection networks in the presence of hot spots´ (and reply)
Author :
Awdeh, R.Y. ; Mouftah, Hussein T. ; Pombortsis, Andrew S. ; Halatsis, Constantin
Author_Institution :
Kingston Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
For original paper see ibid., vol.24, p.182-4 (1988). The procedure of obtaining total rate of requests may be incorrect, and the statistical independence assumption between the rate of requests due to hot spot traffic and those due to uniform background traffic may not be valid.
Keywords :
multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel processing; crossbar interconnection networks; hot spot traffic; statistical independence assumption; total rate of requests; uniform background traffic;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930148
