Low-Degree Connectivity in Ad-hoc Networks

Dr. Ludek Kucera
Friday, January 27, 2006
1:30PM - CSB-232

Abstract


This talk will investigate the average-case behavior of certain algorithms designed for connecting mobile agents in the two- or three-dimensional space. The general model is the following: Let X be a set of points in the d-dimensional Euclidean space Ed, d . 2; r be a function that associates each element of x C with a positive real number r(x). A graph G(X, r) is an oriented graph with the vertex set X, in which (x, y) is an edge if and only if r( x, y) £ r(x), where r( x, y) denotes the Euclidean distance in the space Ed. Given a set X, the goal is to find a function r so that graph G(X, r) is strongly connected (note that the graph G(X, r) need not be symmetric). Given a random set of points, the function r computed by the proposed algorithm is such that, for any constant d, the average value of r(x)d (the average transmitter power) is almost surely constant.

Short Bio


Dr. Ludek Kucera is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He is well known for his contributions in algorithmics, graph theory, complexity theory, and combinatorial computing. He is a very active leader in the DELIS project.