Oblivious interference scheduling

In the interference scheduling problem, one is given a set of n communication requests described by pairs of points from a metric space. The points correspond to devices in a wireless network. In the directed version of the problem, each pair of points consists of a dedicated sending and a dedicated receiving device. In the bidirectional version the devices within a pair shall be able to exchange signals in both directions. In both versions, each pair must be assigned a power level and a color such that the pairs in each color class can communicate simultaneously at the specified power levels. The feasibility of simultaneous communication within a color class is defined in terms of the Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR) that compares the strength of a signal at a receiver to the sum of the strengths of other signals. This is commonly referred to as the "physical model" and is the established way of modelling interference in the engineering community. The objectiv...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: PODC
• Authors: Alexander Fanghänel, Berthold Vöcking, Harald Räcke, Thomas Keßelheim
• Keywords: Interference Scheduling Problem, Oblivious Power Assignments, Parallel Computing, PODC 2009, Square Root Assignment