Fast radio broadcasting with advice

David Ilcinkas, Dariusz R. Kowalski, Andrzej Pelc

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Abstract

We study deterministic broadcasting in radio networks in the recently introduced framework of network algorithms with advice. We concentrate on the problem of trade-offs between the number of bits of information (size of advice) available to nodes and the time in which broadcasting can be accomplished. In particular, we ask what is the minimum number of bits of information that must be available to nodes of the network, in order to broadcast very fast. For networks in which constant time broadcast is possible under complete knowledge of the network we give a tight answer to the above question: O(n) bits of advice are sufficient but o(n) bits are not, in order to achieve constant broadcasting time in all these networks. This is in sharp contrast with geometric radio networks of constant broadcasting time: we show that in these networks a constant number of bits suffices to broadcast in constant time. For arbitrary radio networks we present a broadcasting algorithm whose time is inverse-proportional to the size of advice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStructural Information and Communication Complexity - 15th International Colloquium, SIROCCO 2008, Proceedings
Pages291-305
Number of pages15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, SIROCCO 2008 - Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Duration: Jun 17 2008Jun 20 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5058 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, SIROCCO 2008
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityVillars-sur-Ollon
Period6/17/086/20/08

Keywords

  • Advice
  • Deterministic broadcasting
  • Distributed algorithm
  • Radio network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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