@conference {Vasiliadis2009395, title = {Performance evaluation of multicast routing over multilayer multistage interconnection networks}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2009 5th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications, AICT 2009}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By (since 1996) 0}, month = {5}, pages = {395-403}, abstract = {Multilayer MINs have emerged mainly due to the increased need for routing capacity in the presence of multicast and broadcast traffic, their performance prediction and evaluation however has not been studied sufficiently insofar. In this paper, we use simulation to evaluate the performance of multilayer MINs with switching elements of different buffer sizes and under different offered loads. The findings of this paper can be used by MIN designers to optimally configure their networks. Β{\textcopyright} 2009 IEEE.}, keywords = {Broadcast traffic, Buffer sizes, Interconnection networks, Multicast routing, Multicasting, Multicasts, Multilayers, Multistage interconnection network, Network routing, Performance evaluation, Performance prediction, Switching elements}, doi = {10.1109/AICT.2009.72}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349732883\&partnerID=40\&md5=e85525a7b36de8d84ea1ae52110ff1f9}, author = {D.C. Vasiliadis and G.E. Rizos and Costas Vassilakis and E. Glavas} }