Bounds for algebraic gossip on graphs

DOI10.1002/RSA.20480MaRDI QIDQ2925522zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Borokhovich, Chen Avin, Zvi Lotker

Publication date 16 October 2014

Published in Random Structures \& Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.3265

network coding network capacity gossip gossip algorithms algebraic gossip

Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C85) Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science (68R10) Applications of queueing theory (congestion, allocation, storage, traffic, etc.) (60K30) Approximation algorithms (68W25) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25)

Abstract: We study the stopping times of gossip algorithms for network coding. We analyze algebraic gossip (i.e., random linear coding) and consider three gossip algorithms for information spreading Pull, Push, and Exchange. The stopping time of algebraic gossip is known to be linear for the complete graph, but the question of determining a tight upper bound or lower bounds for general graphs is still open. We take a major step in solving this question, and prove that algebraic gossip on any graph of size n is O(D*n) where D is the maximum degree of the graph. This leads to a tight bound of Theta(n) for bounded degree graphs and an upper bound of O(n^2) for general graphs. We show that the latter bound is tight by providing an example of a graph with a stopping time of Omega(n^2). Our proofs use a novel method that relies on Jackson's queuing theorem to analyze the stopping time of network coding; this technique is likely to become useful for future research.

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