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The Power of Non-Uniform Wireless Power

Data Structures and Algorithms 2013-10-04 v2

Abstract

We study a fundamental measure for wireless interference in the SINR model known as (weighted) inductive independence. This measure characterizes the effectiveness of using oblivious power --- when the power used by a transmitter only depends on the distance to the receiver --- as a mechanism for improving wireless capacity. We prove optimal bounds for inductive independence, implying a number of algorithmic applications. An algorithm is provided that achieves --- due to existing lower bounds --- capacity that is asymptotically best possible using oblivious power assignments. Improved approximation algorithms are provided for a number of problems for oblivious power and for power control, including distributed scheduling, connectivity, secondary spectrum auctions, and dynamic packet scheduling.

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@article{arxiv.1210.3371,
  title  = {The Power of Non-Uniform Wireless Power},
  author = {Magnus M. Halldorsson and Stephan Holzer and Pradipta Mitra and Roger Wattenhofer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3371},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Appeared in SODA 2013, 16 pages