Routing strategies for fast networks

The authors examine routing strategies for fast packet switching networks based on flooding and predefined routes. The concern is to get both efficient routing and an even balanced use of network resources. They present efficient algorithms for assigning weights to edges in a controlled flooding scheme but show that the flooding scheme is not likely to yield a balanced use of the resources. Efficient algorithms are presented for choosing routes along breadth-first search trees and shortest paths. It is shown that in both cases a balanced use of network resources can be guaranteed.<<ETX>>

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