Some theoretical results in multiple path definition in networks

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the problem of defining K multiple paths between pairs of nodes in a network. The treatment presented here is on a theoretical level, although the problem is motivated by a practical scheme for message routing in store‐and‐forward packet switched computer networks. Theorems are presented which offer readily testable sufficient conditions on the topology of a network which guarantee the existence of at least one set of paths under consideration. The proof of this theorem provides a generalized systematic method for constructing these paths if the sufficient conditions are met. Copyright © 1981 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company