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Power Assignment for k-Connectivity in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

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The problem Min-Power k-Connectivity seeks a power assignment to the nodes in a given wireless ad hoc network such that the produced network topology is k-connected and the total power is the lowest. In this paper, we present several approximation algorithms for this problem. Specifically, we propose a 3k-approximation algorithm for any k≥, a (k + 12H (k)) -approximation algorithm for k(2k−1) ≤ n where n is the network size, a (k+2⌈(k + 1)/2⌉) -approximation algorithm for 2≤ k≤7, a 6-approximation algorithm for k = 3, and a 9-approximation algorithm for k = 4.

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Correspondence to Xiaohua Jia.

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This work is supported in part by Hong Kong Research Grant Council under grant No. CityU 1149/04E.

This work is partially supported by NSF CCR-0311174.

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Jia, X., Kim, D., Makki, S. et al. Power Assignment for k-Connectivity in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. J Comb Optim 9, 213–222 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-005-6858-2

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