Communication control method and information processing apparatus

A communication control method comprising:

• classifying, by a processor, in a system including a plurality of nodes, a plurality of first relay devices, and a plurality of second relay devices, where each of the plurality of nodes is connected to one of the plurality of first relay devices and each of the plurality of first relay devices is connected to two or more second relay devices from among the plurality of second relay devices, the plurality of nodes into a plurality of groups such that different nodes individually connected to different first relay devices having different sets of the two or more second relay devices connected thereto are classified into different groups;
• selecting, by the processor, a representative node from each of the plurality of groups;
• determining, by the processor, communication order of a first broadcast operation performed between the representative nodes corresponding to the plurality of groups such that one of the representative nodes acts as a first source node and each remaining representative node other than the first source node after receiving data acts as a source node thereafter, to increase a number of source nodes transmitting the data in parallel;
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• determining, by the processor, with respect to each of the plurality of groups, communication order of a second broadcast operation performed between two or more nodes included in the each of the plurality of groups after the first broadcast operation such that the representative node of the each of the plurality of groups acts as a first source node and each remaining node other than the first source node included in the each of the plurality of groups, after receiving the data, acts as a source node thereafter, to increase a number of source nodes transmitting the data in parallel.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a memory configured to store, in a system including a plurality of nodes, a plurality of first relay devices, and a plurality of second relay devices, where each of the plurality of nodes is connected to one of the plurality of first relay devices and each of the plurality of first relay devices is connected to two or more second relay devices from among the plurality of second relay devices, communication control data indicating communication order of a broadcast operation between the plurality of nodes;
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• a processor configured to determine the communication order of the broadcast operation and execute a process including:
• classifying the plurality of nodes into a plurality of groups such that different nodes individually connected to different first relay devices having different sets of the two or more second relay devices connected thereto are classified into different groups,
• selecting a representative node from each of the plurality of groups,
• determining communication order of a first broadcast operation performed between the representative nodes corresponding to the plurality of groups such that one of the representative nodes acts as a first source node and each remaining representative node other than the first source node after receiving data acts as a source node thereafter, to increase a number of source nodes transmitting the data in parallel, and
• determining, with respect to each of the plurality of groups, communication order of a second broadcast operation performed between two or more nodes included in the each of the plurality of groups after the first broadcast operation such that the representative node of the each of the plurality of groups acts as a first source node and each remaining node other than the first source node included in the each of the plurality of groups, after receiving the data, acts as a source node thereafter, to increase a number of source nodes transmitting the data in parallel.