Research Article

Message Broadcasting via a New Fault Tolerant Irregular Advance Omega Network in Faulty and Nonfaulty Network Environments

Table 1

Various symbols and their meanings.

SymbolsMeaning of Symbol

SEP1Primary SE of first stage
FBSE is either faulty or busy
First_Alternate_SE1First alternate SE of first stage
Second_Alternate_SE1Second alternate SE of first stage
SE-eSE e of second stage
SE-fSE f of second stage
SE-gSE g of second stage
SEP3Primary SE of third stage
First_Alternate_SE3First alternate SE of third stage
Second_Alternate_SE3Second alternate SE of third stage
SE1SE of first stage
SE3SE of third stage
IAONMINMinimum number of alternate paths in IAON
Allied_SE1Allied SEs of first stage
BWMALNBandwidth of MALN
BWIASEN-2Bandwidth of IASEN-2
BWIAONBandwidth of IAON
PAMALNProbability of Acceptance of MALN
PAIASEN-2Probability of Acceptance of IASEN-2
PAIAONProbability of Acceptance of IAON
TPMALNThroughput of MALN
TPMALN_SThroughput of MALN in single switch faulty case
TPIASEN-2Throughput of IASEN-2
TPIASEN-2_SThroughput of IASEN-2 in single switch faulty case
TPIAONThroughput of IAON
TPIAON_SThroughput of IAON in single switch faulty case
TPIAON_DThroughput of IAON in double switch faulty case
PUMALNProcessor Utilization of MALN
PUMALN_SProcessor Utilization of MALN in single switch faulty case
PUIASEN-2 Processor Utilization of IASEN-2
PUIASEN-2_SProcessor Utilization of IASEN-2 in single switch faulty case
PUIAON Processor Utilization of IAON
PUIAON_SProcessor Utilization of IAON in single switch faulty case
PUIAON_D Processor Utilization of IAON in double switch faulty case
PPMALNProcessing Power of MALN
PPMALN_SProcessing Power of MALN in single switch faulty case
PPIASEN-2Processing Power of IASEN-2
PPIASEN-2_SProcessing Power of IASEN-2 in single switch faulty case
PPIAON Processing Power of IAON
PPIAON_SProcessing Power of IAON in single switch faulty case
PPIAON_DProcessing Power of IAON in double switch faulty case
rtMALNRouting Time of MALN
rtIASEN-2Routing Time of IASEN-2
rtIAONRouting Time of IAON
β MALNArrival Time of MALN
β IASEN-2Arrival Time of IASEN-2
β IAONArrival Time of IAON
γ MALNTotal Arrival Time of MALN
γ IASEN-2Total Arrival Time of IASEN-2
γ IAONTotal Arrival Time of IAON
δ MALNSingle Switch Fault Arrival Time of MALN
δ IASEN-2Single Switch Fault Arrival Time of IASEN-2
δ IAONSingle Switch Fault Arrival Time of IAON
ρ IAONDouble Switch Fault Arrival Time of IAON
NoNNumber of nodes including source and destination node
Routing Time between two nodes
NoDTotal number of generated data packets on a source node
NoS Total number of stages in a MIN