The Energy Complexity of BFS in Radio Networks

07/19/2020
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by   Yi-Jun Chang, et al.
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We consider a model of energy complexity in Radio Networks in which transmitting or listening on the channel costs one unit of energy and computation is free. This simplified model captures key aspects of battery-powered sensors: that battery life is most influenced by transceiver usage, and that at low transmission powers, the actual cost of transmitting and listening are very similar. The energy complexity of tasks in single-hop networks is well understood. Recent work of Chang et al. considered energy complexity in multi-hop networks and showed that π–‘π—‹π—ˆπ–Ίπ–½π–Όπ–Ίπ—Œπ— admits an energy-efficient protocol, by which we mean each of the n nodes in the network spends O(polylog(n)) energy. This work left open the strange possibility that all natural problems in multi-hop networks might admit such an energy-efficient solution. In this paper we prove that the landscape of energy complexity is rich enough to support a multitude of problem complexities. Whereas π–‘π—‹π—ˆπ–Ίπ–½π–Όπ–Ίπ—Œπ— can be solved by an energy-efficient protocol, exact computation of 𝖣𝗂𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋 cannot, requiring Ξ©(n) energy. Our main result is that 𝖑𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗍𝗁 π–₯π—‚π—‹π—Œπ— 𝖲𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 has sub-polynomial energy complexity at most 2^O(√(log nloglog n))=n^o(1); whether it admits an efficient O(polylog(n))-energy protocol is an open problem. Our main algorithm involves recursively solving a generalized BFS problem on a cluster graph introduced by Miller, Peng, and Xu. In this application, we make crucial use of a close relationship between distances in this cluster graph, and distances in the original network. This relationship is new and may be of independent interest.

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