Hybrid Parallel FDTD Calculation Method Based on MPI for Electrically Large Objects

Table 1

MPI Function and Description.

Function Name	Description
MPI_Init( )	Start MPI computing environment
MPI_Comm_size( )	Number of parallel processes
MPI_Comm_rank()	Self-process identification number
MPI_Send( )	Send a message to the numbered process
MPI_Recv( )	Receive messages from a numbered process
MPI_Finalize ( )	End MPI running environment