Faster rumor spreading: Breaking the log n barrier

Chen Avin, Robert Elsässer

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    Abstract

    O(log n) rounds has been a well known upper bound for rumor spreading using push&pull in the random phone call model (i.e., uniform gossip in the complete graph). A matching lower bound of Ω(log n) is also known for this special case. Under the assumptions of this model and with a natural addition that nodes can call a partner once they learn its address (e.g., its IP address) we present a new distributed, addressoblivious and robust algorithm that uses push&pull with pointer jumping to spread a rumor to all nodes in only O(√log n) rounds, w.h.p. This algorithm can also cope with F = o(n/2 √log n) node failures, in which case all but O(F) nodes become informed within O(√log n) rounds, w.h.p.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDistributed Computing - 27th International Symposium, DISC 2013, Proceedings
    Pages209-223
    Number of pages15
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Dec 2013
    Event27th International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2013 - Jerusalem, Israel
    Duration: 14 Oct 201318 Oct 2013

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume8205 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference27th International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2013
    Country/TerritoryIsrael
    CityJerusalem
    Period14/10/1318/10/13

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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