Packet Routing: Complexity and Algorithms

dc.contributor.authorPeis, Britta
dc.contributor.authorSkutella, Martin
dc.contributor.authorWiese, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-17T10:08:40Z
dc.date.available2021-12-17T10:08:40Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractRouting of packets is one of the most fundamental tasks in a network. Limited bandwith requires that some packets cannot move to their destination directly but need to wait in intermediate nodes on their path or take detours. It is desirable to find schedules that ensure fast delivery of the packets, in particular for time critial applications. In this paper we investigate the packet routing problem theoretically. We prove that the problem cannot be approximated with a factor of 6/5-ε for all ε>0 unless P=NP. We show that restricting the graph topology to planar graphs or trees still does not allow a PTAS. For trees we give 2-approximation algorithms for the directed and the undirected case. If the lengths of the paths of the packets are pairwise different, we can compute a schedule of length D on directed trees. Finally, we show that it is NP-hard to approximate the packet routing problem with an absolute error of k for any k>=0.en
dc.identifier.issn2197-8085
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/15675
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-14448
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.ddc510 Mathematiken
dc.subject.otherpacket routingen
dc.subject.othercomplexityen
dc.subject.otherNP-hardnessen
dc.subject.otherapproximation algorithmsen
dc.subject.otherstore-and-forward packet routingen
dc.titlePacket Routing: Complexity and Algorithmsen
dc.typeResearch Paperen
dc.type.versionsubmittedVersionen
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tub.affiliationFak. 2 Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften::Inst. Mathematikde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 2 Mathematik und Naturwissenschaftende
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Mathematikde
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen
tub.series.issuenumber2009, 03en
tub.series.namePreprint-Reihe des Instituts für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlinen

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