Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks

APPENDIX A

Nomenclature

Symbol Description Unit of Measurement

b Channel bandwidth, the product of signal frequency and

channel width, b = fw.

bits/s

B

B

Bisection bandwidth, the sum of the bandwidth of the

channels that cross a minimum bisection of a network.

bits/s

B

C

Channel bisection, the number of channels that cross a

minimum bisection of a system.

channels

B

n

Node bandwidth, the sum of the bandwidth of the chan-

nels entering and leaving a node. This is the product of

node pinout (wire capacity) and signal frequency, B

n

=

fW

n

.

bits/s

B

s

System bandwidth, the bandwidth of the maximum num-

ber of wires that can cross the midpoint of the system.

This is the product ...