Abstract
The switching method determines the way messages visit intermediate routers, and has a great impact on network performance. This paper conducts an extensive comparative performance analysis, by means of analytical modelling, of three well-known switching methods proposed for multicomputer networks, namely wormhole switching, circuit switching, and pipelined circuit switching. The results reveal that wormhole switching is the most efficient when messages are short. Pipelined circuit switching can perform better than circuit switching and provides superior performance over wormhole switching when messages are relatively long.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 397012 |
| Pages (from-to) | 227-238 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Supercomputing |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Circuit switching
- Interconnection networks
- Message latency
- Performance modelling/analysis
- Pipelined circuit switching
- Wormhole switching
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Hardware and Architecture