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    <w id="1.1">2.9.1.2</w>
    <w id="1.2">Generalized</w>
    <w id="1.3">Switching</w>
    <w id="1.4">Fabric</w>
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 <s id="2">
    <w id="2.1">In</w>
    <w id="2.2">the</w>
    <w id="2.3">case</w>
    <w id="2.4">of</w>
    <w id="2.5">generalized</w>
    <w id="2.6">switching</w>
    <w id="2.7">fabric</w>
    <w id="2.8">one</w>
    <w id="2.9">can</w>
    <w id="2.10">make</w>
    <w id="2.11">all</w>
    <w id="2.12">types</w>
    <w id="2.13">of</w>
    <w id="2.14">input</w>
    <w id="2.15">/</w>
    <w id="2.16">output</w>
    <w id="2.17">connections</w>
    <w id="2.18">,</w>
    <w id="2.19">i.e.</w>
    <w id="2.20">point‐to‐point</w>
    <w id="2.21">,</w>
    <w id="2.22">point‐multipoint</w>
    <w id="2.23">(</w>
    <w id="2.24">1</w>
    <w id="2.25">×</w>
    <w id="2.26">N</w>
    <w id="2.27">)</w>
    <w id="2.28">,</w>
    <w id="2.29">or</w>
    <w id="2.30">multicasting</w>
    <w id="2.31">(</w>
    <w id="2.32">N</w>
    <w id="2.33">×</w>
    <w id="2.34">1</w>
    <w id="2.35">)</w>
    <w id="2.36">.</w>
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    <w id="3.1">In</w>
    <w id="3.2">general</w>
    <w id="3.3">,</w>
    <w id="3.4">it</w>
    <w id="3.5">is</w>
    <w id="3.6">an</w>
    <w id="3.7">(</w>
    <w id="3.8">N</w>
    <w id="3.9">×</w>
    <w id="3.10">R</w>
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    <w id="3.12">matrix</w>
    <w id="3.13">with</w>
    <w id="3.14">2NR</w>
    <w id="3.15">connecting</w>
    <w id="3.16">states</w>
    <w id="3.17">.</w>
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    <w id="4.1">Though</w>
    <w id="4.2">the</w>
    <w id="4.3">permutation</w>
    <w id="4.4">switch</w>
    <w id="4.5">has</w>
    <w id="4.6">only</w>
    <w id="4.7">one</w>
    <w id="4.8">point</w>
    <w id="4.9">closing</w>
    <w id="4.10">in</w>
    <w id="4.11">a</w>
    <w id="4.12">row</w>
    <w id="4.13">or</w>
    <w id="4.14">column</w>
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    <w id="4.18">matrix</w>
    <w id="4.19">,</w>
    <w id="4.20">for</w>
    <w id="4.21">generalized</w>
    <w id="4.22">fabric</w>
    <w id="4.23">switch</w>
    <w id="4.24">there</w>
    <w id="4.25">can</w>
    <w id="4.26">be</w>
    <w id="4.27">multiple</w>
    <w id="4.28">points</w>
    <w id="4.29">closing</w>
    <w id="4.30">in</w>
    <w id="4.31">a</w>
    <w id="4.32">row</w>
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