This paper evaluates performances of two distributed type switching networks,the Manhattan Street Network(MS-Net)and ShuffleNet(SH-Net),by simulation.The performance measure is average end-to-end transmission delay.Packets enter the networks in the order of generation(FIFO mode)or an order determined by their destinations(SCAN mode),and traverse the networks along the routes decided by deflection routing.SCAN mode is superior to FIFO one in either network if it is,fault-free.In both of fault-free case and a single link failure case,SH-Net is superior to MS-Net if SCAN mode is adopted.
