Fault Tolerance on Star Graphs
Shuo-Cheng Hu, Chang‐Biau Yang · International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science · 1997
The capability of fault tolerance is one of the advantages of multiprocessor systems. In this paper, we prove that the fault tolerance of an n-star graph is 2n-5 with restriction to the forbidden faulty set. And we propose an algorithm for examining the connectivity of an n-star graph when there exist at most 2n - 4 faults. The algorithm requires O(n2 log n) time. Besides, we improve the fault-tolerant routing algorithm proposed by Bagherzadeh et al. by calculating the cycle structure of a permutation and the avoidance of routing message to a node without any nonfaulty neighbor. This calculation needs only constant time. And then, we propose an efficient fault-tolerant broadcasting algorithm. When there is no fault, our broadcasting algorithm remains optimal. The penalty is O(n) if there exists only one fault, and the penalty is O(n2) if there exist at most n - 2 faults.