A new distributed approximation algorithm for constructing minimum connected dominating set in wireless ad hoc networks: Research Articles
A new distributed approximation algorithm for constructing minimum connected dominating set in wireless ad hoc networks: Research Articles
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一种新的分布式近似算法,用于在无线自组织网络中构造最小连通支配集:研究文章
DOI:
10.1002/dac.v18:8
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Huiye Ma
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作者:
Bo Gao;Yuhang Yang;Huiye Ma
In recent years, constructing a virtual backbone by nodes in a connected dominating set (CDS) has been proposed to improve the performance of ad hoc wireless networks. In general, a dominating set satisfies that every vertex in the graph is either in the set or adjacent to a vertex in the set. A CDS is a dominating set that also induces a connected sub-graph. However, finding the minimum connected dominating set (MCDS) is a well-known NP-hard problem in graph theory. Approximation algorithms for MCDS have been proposed in the literature. Most of these algorithms suffer from a poor approximation ratio, and from high time complexity and message complexity.In this paper, we present a new distributed approximation algorithm that constructs a MCDS for wireless ad hoc networks based on a maximal independent set (MIS). Our algorithm, which is fully localized, has a constant approximation ratio, and O(n) time and O(n) message complexity. In this algorithm, each node only requires the knowledge of its one-hop neighbours and there is only one shortest path connecting two dominators that are at most three hops away. We not only give theoretical performance analysis for our algorithm, but also conduct extensive simulation to compare our algorithm with other algorithms in the literature. Simulation results and theoretical analysis show that our algorithm has better efficiency and performance than others. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.