Document Type
Conference Paper
Department/Unit
Department of Computer Science
Title
Maximizing lifetime of connected-dominating-set in cognitive radio networks
Language
English
Abstract
Connected-dominating-set (CDS) is a representative technique for constructing a virtual backbone of wireless networks. Most of existing works on CDS aim at minimizing the size of the CDS, i.e., constructing the minimum CDS (MCDS), so as to reduce the communication overhead over the CDS. However, MCDS may not work well in cognitive radio networks (CRNs) where communication links are prone to failure due to the unpredictable activities of primary users. A MCDS without consideration of stochastic activities of primary users easily becomes invalid when the primary users reclaim the licensed spectrum. In this work, we assume that the activities of primary users follow the exponential distribution. Our problem is to maximize the lifetime of the CDS while minimizing the size of the CDS, where the lifetime of a CDS is defined as the expected duration that the CDS is maintained valid. We show that the problem is NP-hard and propose a three-phase algorithm. Our basic idea is to apply a pruning-based approach to maximize the lifetime of the CDS. Given a CRN, we prove that our algorithm can compute a CDS such that i) the lifetime of the CDS is maximized (optimal); and ii) the size of the CDS is upper-bounded. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time in the literature that CDS in CRNs is studied and an effective algorithm is proposed. © 2012 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
Keywords
cognitive radio networks, connected-dominating-set, lifetime
Publication Date
2012
Source Publication Title
NETWORKING 2012: 11th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, May 21-25, 2012, Proceedings, Part II
Start Page
316
End Page
330
Conference Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Publisher
Springer
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-30054-7_25
Link to Publisher's Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30054-7_25
ISBN (print)
9783642300530
ISBN (electronic)
9783642300547
Recommended Citation
Lin, Zhiyong, Hai Liu, Xiaowen Chu, Yiu-Wing Leung, and Ivan Stojmenovic. "Maximizing lifetime of connected-dominating-set in cognitive radio networks." NETWORKING 2012: 11th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, May 21-25, 2012, Proceedings, Part II (2012): 316-330.