Originally Posted by
Donald Miller
In your example of four beams, it initially seems that N-1 is optimal...I assume here that you are combining two beams into separate bundles and recombining these initial bundles a second time. If, however, one were to take your example and increase the number of beams to six or eight or some higher number than four...so long as they are an equal number than the N-1 parameter no longer is valid. In the case of six beams a total of four recombiners would suffice (n-2) and in the case of 8 beams the total necessary recombiners would be five (n-3).
I hope that I am following your reasoning and have interperted your question properly.
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