A New Broadcast Model for Several Network Topologies
For large-scale systems like supercomputers, BBS offers a versatile broadcast framework that improves communication efficiency across multiple topologies.
BBS is a general broadcast algorithm that maximizes node utilization to reduce latency across diverse network topologies, consistently outperforming common algorithms by a substantial margin in simulations.
We present Broadcast by Balanced Saturation (BBS), a general broadcast algorithm designed to optimize communication efficiency across diverse network topologies. BBS maximizes node utilization, addressing challenges in broadcast operations such as topology constraints, bandwidth limitations, and synchronization overhead, particularly in large-scale systems like supercomputers. The algorithm ensures sustained activity with nodes throughout the broadcast, thereby enhancing data propagation and significantly reducing latency. Through a precise communication cycle, BBS provides a repeatable, streamlined, stepwise broadcasting framework. Simulation results across various topologies demonstrate that the BBS algorithm consistently outperforms common general broadcast algorithms, often by a substantial margin. These findings suggest that BBS is a versatile and robust framework with the potential to redefine broadcast strategies across network topologies.