Interconnection Network Reliability Evaluation: Multistage Layouts

This book presents novel and efficient tools, techniques and approaches for reliability evaluation, reliability analysis, and design of reliable communication networks using graph theoretic concepts. In recent years, human beings have become largely dependent on communication networks, such as computer communication networks, telecommunication networks, mobile switching networks etc., for their day-to-day activities. In today's world, humans and critical machines depend on these communication networks to work properly. Failure of these communication networks can result in situations where people may find themselves isolated, helpless and exposed to hazards. It is a fact that every component or system can fail and its failure probability increases with size and complexity. The main objective of this book is to devize approaches for reliability modeling and evaluation of such complex networks. Such evaluation helps to understand which network can give us better reliability by their design. New designs of fault-tolerant interconnection network layouts are proposed, which are capable of providing high reliability through path redundancy and fault tolerance through reduction of common elements in paths. This book covers the reliability evaluation of various network topologies considering multiple reliability performance parameters (two terminal reliability, broadcast reliability, all terminal reliability, and multiple sources to multiple destinations reliability).

Table of Contents:
Series Editor Preface ix Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Network Reliability Measures 2 1.3 The Probabilistic Graph Model 4 1.4 Approaches for Network Reliability Evaluation 6 1.5 Motivation and Summary 7 2 Interconnection Networks 11 2.1 Interconnection Networks Classification 11 2.2 Multistage Interconnection Networks (MINs) 14 2.3 Research Issues in MIN Design 15 2.4 Some Existing MINs Implementations 19 2.5 Review of Topological Fault Tolerance 20 2.5.1 Redundant and Disjoint Paths 22 2.5.2 Backtracking 26 2.5.3 Dynamic Rerouting 27 2.6 MIN Topological Review on Disjoint Paths 27 2.6.1 Single-Disjoint Path Multistage Interconnection Networks 27 2.6.2 Two-Disjoint Paths Multistage Interconnection Networks 36 2.6.3 Three-Disjoint Paths Multistage Interconnection Networks 47 2.6.4 Four-Disjoint Paths Multistage Interconnection Networks 51 2.7 Hardware Cost Analysis 55 2.8 Observations 60 2.9 Summary 61 3 MIN Reliability Evaluation Techniques 63 3.1 Reliability Performance Criterion 63 3.1.1 Two Terminal or Terminal Pair Reliability (TPR) 64 3.1.2 Network or All Terminal Reliability (ATR) 64 3.1.3 Broadcast Reliability 65 3.2 Approaches for Reliability Evaluation 66 3.2.1 Continuous Time Markov Chains (CTMC) 67 3.2.2 Matrix Enumeration 67 3.2.3 Conditional Probability (CP) Method 67 3.2.4 Graph Models 69 3.2.5 Decomposition Method 70 3.2.6 Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) 71 3.2.7 Reliability Bounds 73 3.2.7.1 Lower Bound Reliability 75 3.2.7.2 Upper Bound Reliability 76 3.2.8 Monte Carlo Simulation 77 3.2.9 Path-Based or Cut-Based Approaches 78 3.3 Observations 81 4 Terminal Reliability Analysis of MIN Layouts 85 4.1 Chaturvedi and Misra Approach 87 4.1.1 Path Set Enumeration 88 4.1.2 Reliability Evaluation using MVI Techniques 96 4.1.3 Reliability Evaluation Techniques Comparison 99 4.1.3.1 Terminal Reliability of SEN, SEN+ and SEN+2 100 4.1.3.2 Broadcast Reliability of SEN, SEN +, and SEN+2 101 4.1.3.3 Comparison 102 4.2 Reliability Analysis of Multistage Interconnection Networks 104 4.3 Summary 113 5 Comprehensive MIN Reliability Paradigms Evaluation 115 5.1 Introduction 115 5.2 Reliability Evaluation Approach 119 5.2.1 Path Set Enumeration 120 5.2.1.1 Assumptions 120 5.2.1.2 Applied Approach 121 5.2.1.3 Path Tracing Algorithm (PTA) 122 5.2.1.4 Path Retrieval Algorithm (PRA) 123 5.3 Reliability Evaluation Using MVI Techniques 140 5.4 Summary 156 6 Dynamic Tolerant and Reliable Four Disjoint MIN Layouts 157 6.1 Topological Design Considerations 160 6.1.1 Topology 161 6.1.2 Switch Selection for Proposed 4DMIN 162 6.2 Proposed 4-Disjoint Multistage Interconnection Network (4DMIN) Layout 164 6.2.1 Switching Pattern 164 6.2.2 Redundant and Disjoint Paths 165 6.2.3 Routing and Dynamic Rerouting 166 6.2.4 Algorithm: Decision Making by Switches at Each Stage 168 6.2.5 Case Example 170 6.2.6 Disjoint and Dynamic Rerouting Approach in 4DMIN 172 6.2.7 Hardware Cost Analysis 172 6.3 Reliability Analysis and Comparison of MINs 174 6.4 Reliable Interconnection Network (RIN) Layout 181 6.4.1 Topology Design 185 6.4.2 Switching Pattern 187 6.4.3 Routing and Dynamic Rerouting 189 6.5 Reliability Analysis and Comparison of MINs 197 6.6 Summary 201 References 203 Index 213