Company A is a global provider of Internet Solutions and a senior sponsor of the 2010 World Expo. It will provide advanced network collaboration technology to showcase its "smart + connected" concept of life, while providing visitors with high-quality personal experience and interaction, "information and communication, urban Dream" as the theme throughout. With the help of the fantastic theatrical screens and special effects, the application of ICT is presented, and through vivid stories, the audience is presented with unlimited future social prospects.
For this reason, company A has established a video communication system for the N regions of the Expo Park, each of which establishes a base station, numbered sequentially 1,2,3...,n. Video services are provided for visitors to each region through the communication lines between the base stations.
It is known that a number of fiber optic communication lines have been installed between the base stations, which cover all areas, that is, any two zones are capable of video transmission. But in order to save cost, currently only N-1 line is laid, and in order to reduce the information transmission load of each base station, there are up to three fiber optic communication lines connected with each base station.
However, during the trial operation of the communication system, a company discovered that when a base station fails, it can cause the transmission of information between other regions. In order to improve the reliability of the communication network, a company is prepared to lay a new number of fiber optic lines between the base station, so that any one base station failure, the other base stations can still communicate.
As the cost of laying lines is expensive, company a hopes that the new fiber-optic lines will be as few as possible. A company request Dr. Kong to complete this mission.