简介:Thispaperstudiesrestrictedfaultdiameterofthen-dimensionalhypercubenetworksQn(n≥2).ItisshownthatforarbitrarytwoverticesxandywiththedistancedinQnandanysetFwithatmost2n-3verticesinQn-{x,y},ifFcontainsneitherofneighbor-setsofxandyinQn,thenthedistancebetweenxandyinQn-FisgivenbyD(Qn-F;x,y){=1,for=1;≤d+4,for2≤d≤n-2,n≥4;≤n+1,ford=n-1,n≥3;=n,ford=n.Furthermore,theupperboundsaretight.Asanimmediatelyconsequence,Qncantolerateupto2n-3verticesfailuresandremaindiameter4ifn=3andn+2ifn≥4providedthatforeachvertexxinQn,alltheneighborsofxdonotfailatthesametime.ThisimprovesEsfahanian'sresult.