A branch-and-cut algorithm for the minimum-adjacency vertex coloring problem

In this work we study a particular way of dealing with interference in combinatorial optimization models representing wireless communication networks. In a typical wireless network, co-channel interference occurs whenever two overlapping antennas use the same frequency channel, and a less critical i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Delle Donne, D., Marenco, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:paperaa:paper_15725286_v8_n4_p540_DelleDonne
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15725286_v8_n4_p540_DelleDonne
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adjacent colors
Frequency assignment
Integer programming
Adjacent channels
Branch-and-cut algorithms
Computational results
Frequency assignments
Frequency channels
Integer programming models
Interference graphs
Potential interferences
Valid inequality
Vertex coloring
Vertex coloring problems
Wireless communication network
Algorithms
Antennas
Cochannel interference
Combinatorial optimization
Computer programming
Graph theory
Wireless networks
Wireless telecommunication systems
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Sumario:In this work we study a particular way of dealing with interference in combinatorial optimization models representing wireless communication networks. In a typical wireless network, co-channel interference occurs whenever two overlapping antennas use the same frequency channel, and a less critical interference is generated whenever two overlapping antennas use adjacent channels. This motivates the formulation of the minimum-adjacency vertex coloring problem which, given an interference graph G representing the potential interference between the antennas and a set of prespecified colors/channels, asks for a vertex coloring of G minimizing the number of edges receiving adjacent colors. We propose an integer programming model for this problem and present three families of facet-inducing valid inequalities. Based on these results, we implement a branch-and-cut algorithm for this problem, and we provide promising computational results. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.