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Unison as a Self-Stabilizing Wave Stream Algorithm in Asynchronous Anonymous Networks

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing 2007-06-29 v1

Abstract

How to pass from local to global scales in anonymous networks? How to organize a selfstabilizing propagation of information with feedback. From the Angluin impossibility results, we cannot elect a leader in a general anonymous network. Thus, it is impossible to build a rooted spanning tree. Many problems can only be solved by probabilistic methods. In this paper we show how to use Unison to design a self-stabilizing barrier synchronization in an anonymous network. We show that the commuication structure of this barrier synchronization designs a self-stabilizing wave-stream, or pipelining wave, in anonymous networks. We introduce two variants of Wave: the strong waves and the wavelets. A strong wave can be used to solve the idempotent r-operator parametrized computation problem. A wavelet deals with k-distance computation. We show how to use Unison to design a self-stabilizing wave stream, a self-stabilizing strong wave stream and a self-stabilizing wavelet stream.

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@article{arxiv.0706.4298,
  title  = {Unison as a Self-Stabilizing Wave Stream Algorithm in Asynchronous Anonymous Networks},
  author = {Christian Boulinier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.4298},
  year   = {2007}
}
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