An Ω(D log(N/D)) Lower Bound for Broadcast in Radio Networks

Eyal Kushilevitz*, Yishay Mansour

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Abstract

We show that for any randomized broadcast protocol for radio networks, there exists a network in which the expected time to broadcast a message is Ω(D log(N/D)), where D is the diameter of the network and N is the number of nodes. This implies a tight lower bound of Ω(D log N) for any D ≤ N1-ε, where ε > 0 is any constant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)702-712
Number of pages11
JournalSIAM Journal on Computing
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

Keywords

  • Broadcast
  • Lower bounds
  • Radio networks

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