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Many routing and flow optimization problems in wired networks can be solved efficiently using minimum cost flow formulations. However, this approach does not extend to wireless multi-hop networks, where the assumptions of fixed link…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Zhongyuan Zhao , Yujun Ming , Kevin Chan , Ananthram Swami , Santiago Segarra

In a wireless network, the efficiency of scheduling algorithms over time-varying channels depends heavily on the accuracy of the Channel State Information (CSI), which is usually quite ``costly'' in terms of consuming network resources.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-04-01 Wenzhuo Ouyang , Atilla Eryilmaz , Ness B. Shroff

In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm for the minimum dominating set problem. For some especial networks, we prove theoretically that the achieved answer by our proposed algorithm is a constant approximation factor of the exact…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Sharareh Alipour , Ehsan Futuhi , Shayan Karimi

In recent work, Ozgur, Leveque, and Tse (2007) obtained a complete scaling characterization of throughput scaling for random extended wireless networks (i.e., $n$ nodes are placed uniformly at random in a square region of area $n$). They…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Urs Niesen , Piyush Gupta , Devavrat Shah

We consider the distributed optimization problem, where a group of agents work together to optimize a common objective by communicating with neighboring agents and performing local computations. For a given algorithm, we use tools from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Bryan Van Scoy , Laurent Lessard

We consider unreliable multi-hop networks serving multiple flows in which packets not delivered to their destination nodes by their deadlines are dropped. We address the design of policies for routing and scheduling packets that optimize…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Rahul Singh , P. R. Kumar

Developing an efficient spectrum access policy enables cognitive radios to dramatically increase spectrum utilization while ensuring predetermined quality of service levels for primary users. In this paper, modeling, performance analysis,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-09-04 Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Carlo Fischione

We consider a server serving a time-slotted queued system of multiple packet-based flows, with exogenous packet arrivals and time-varying service rates. At each time, the server can observe instantaneous service rates for only a subset of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-01 Aditya Gopalan , Constantine Caramanis , Sanjay Shakkottai

This paper considers the distributed sampled-data control problem of a group of mobile robots connected via distance-induced proximity networks. A dwell time is assumed in order to avoid chattering in the neighbor relations that may be…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-01-20 Zhixin Liu , Lin Wang , Jinhuan Wang , Daoyi Dong , Xiaoming Hu

In this paper we consider a novel partitioned framework for distributed optimization in peer-to-peer networks. In several important applications the agents of a network have to solve an optimization problem with two key features: (i) the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Ivano Notarnicola , Ruggero Carli , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Using network-based information to facilitate information spreading is an essential task for spreading dynamics in complex networks, which will benefit the promotion of technical innovations, healthy behaviors, new products, etc. Focusing…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-06-20 Lei Gao , Wei Wang , Liming Pan , Ming Tang , Hai-Feng Zhang

We consider scheduling problems in wireless networks with respect to flexible data rates. That is, more or less data can be transmitted per time depending on the signal quality, which is determined by the signal-to-interference-plus-noise…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-05-08 Thomas Kesselheim

We consider the problem of scheduling in multihop wireless networks subject to interference constraints. We consider a graph based representation of wireless networks, where scheduled links adhere to the K-hop link interference model. We…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-06-28 Albert Sunny , Joy Kuri

This paper considers a problem where multiple users make repeated decisions based on their own observed events. The events and decisions at each time step determine the values of a utility function and a collection of penalty functions. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-05-13 Michael J. Neely

In single channel wireless networks, concurrent transmission at different links may interfere with each other. To improve system throughput, a scheduling algorithm is necessary to choose a subset of links at each time slot for data…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-30 Ali Ghiasian , Behnaz Omoomi , Hossein Saidi

This paper considers optimization of power and delay in a time-varying wireless link using rateless codes. The link serves a sequence of variable-length packets. Each packet is coded and transmitted over multiple slots. Channel conditions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-13 Xiaohan Wei , Michael J. Neely

We investigate the use of network coding for information dissemination over a wireless network. Using network coding allows for a simple, distributed and robust algorithm where nodes do not need any information from their neighbors. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Mohammad Hamed Firooz , Sumit Roy

In this paper we develop scheduling policies that maximize the stability region of a wireless network under the assumption that mutual information accumulation is implemented at the physical layer. When the link quality between nodes is not…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-17 Jing Yang , Yanpei Liu , Stark C. Draper

This paper is motivated by the observation that the average queueing delay can be decreased by sacrificing power efficiency in wireless communications. In this sense, we naturally wonder what is the minimum queueing delay when the available…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Meng Wang , Juan Liu , Wei Chen , Anthony Ephremides

Link scheduling in device-to-device (D2D) networks is usually formulated as a non-convex combinatorial problem, which is generally NP-hard and difficult to get the optimal solution. Traditional methods to solve this problem are mainly based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-16 Mengyuan Lee , Guanding Yu , Geoffrey Ye Li