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On the Time-Complexity of Broadcast in Radio Networks: An Exponential Gap Between Determinism and Randomization

The complexity of broadcast in a radio network of unknown topology is considered. The model is synchronous and a processor acting as a receiver at a given communication round receives a message at that round if and only if exactly one of its neighbors transmits at that round.


Comments: Authored by R. Bar-Yehuda, O. Goldreich, A. Itai. Appeared in



Oded Goldreich
2003-07-30