ZigBee中改进的Cluster-Tree路由算法

针对ZigBee网络的Cluster-Tree算法对簇首能量要求高、选择的路由非最佳路由等问题,结合节点能量分析和节点邻居表,提出一种改进的簇首生成方法,利用AODVjr算法为节点选择最佳路由。仿真结果证明,与原Cluster-Tree算法相比,改进的算法能有效提高数据发送成功率,减少源节点与目标节点间的跳数,降低端到端的报文传输时延,提高网络的使用价值。     

一种低拒绝率最小干扰路由算法

介绍经典的最小干扰路由算法MIRA及WSC,针对其在进行链路权重定位时仅考虑单个网络最大流的缺点,提出一种用以实现最小干扰路由的算法MWSC。MWSC能够考虑多个网络最大流的情况,从而准确定位关键路径。仿真实验结果表明,MWSC具有比MIRA和WSC更低的用户请求拒绝率。     

WSN中基于分簇的实时传输算法

采用跨层技术,提出一种无线传感器网络(WSN)中基于分簇的实时传输算法。在WSN中找出簇头到基站的多条优化路径,采用基于平均队列长度的拥塞控制方法,在这些路径中找出一条耗能最小且实时性最优的路径,并沿着该路径将数据传送到基站。仿真分析表明,该算法能满足网络的实时性需求,并能有效进行拥塞控制。     

An improved multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with time windows

The vehicle routing problem with time windows is a complex combinatorial problem with many real-world applications in transportation and distribution logistics. Its main objective is to find the lowest distance set of routes to deliver goods, using a fleet of identical vehicles with restricted capacity, to customers with service time windows. However, there are other objectives, and having a range of solutions representing the trade-offs between objectives is crucial for many applications. Although previous research has used evolutionary methods for solving this problem, it has rarely concentrated on the optimization of more than one objective, and hardly ever explicitly considered the diversity of solutions. This paper proposes and analyzes a novel multi-objective evolutionary algorithm, which incorporates methods for measuring the similarity of solutions, to solve the multi-objective problem. The algorithm is applied to a standard benchmark problem set, showing that when the similarity measure is used appropriately, the diversity and quality of solutions is higher than when it is not used, and the algorithm achieves highly competitive results compared with previously published studies and those from a popular evolutionary multi-objective optimizer.     

Static timing analysis for modeling QoS in networks-on-chip

Networks-on-chip (NoCs) are used in a growing number of SoCs and multi-core processors. Because messages compete for the NoC’s shared resources, quality of service and resource allocation are major concerns for system designers. In particular, a model for the properties of packet delivery through the network is desirable. We present a methodology for packet-level static timing analysis in NoCs. Our methodology quickly and accurately gauges the performance parameters of a virtual-channel wormhole NoC without simulation. The network model can handle any topology, link capacities, and buffer sizes. It provides per-flow delay analysis that is orders-of-magnitude faster than simulation while being significantly more accurate than prior static modeling techniques. Using a carefully derived and reduced Markov chain, the model can statically represent the dynamic network state. Usage of the model in a placement optimization problem is shown as an example application.     

Improving the yield of NoC-based systems through fault diagnosis and adaptive routing

We propose an effective and low cost method to increase the yield and the lifetime of torus NoCs. The method consists in detecting and diagnosing NoC interconnect faults using BIST structures and activating alternative paths for the faulty links. Alternative paths use the inherent redundancy of the torus topology, thus leading to minimal performance, area, and power overhead. We assume an extended interconnect fault model comprising stuck-at and pairwise shorts within a single link or between any two links in the network. Experimental results for a 3×3 NoC show that the proposed approach can correctly diagnose 93% of all possible interconnect faults and can mitigate 42% of those faults (representing 94.4% of the solvable faults) with a worst case performance penalty of 8% and 1% of area overhead. We also demonstrate the scalability of the method by presenting its application to larger NoCs.     

基于混合神经网络的车辆路径模型研究

为有效解决现代物流配送中的车辆路径问题,发挥BP神经网络在解决分类问题和Hopfield神经网络在解决组合优化问题中的优势,依据"分而治之"策略提出了基于混合神经网络的优化模型。通过BP神经网络对一个配送中心范围内的多个配送点进行区域划分,在各子区域内使用Hopfield神经网络求得最优配送路径,从而得到质量较高的解和较快的收敛速度。基于Matlab的仿真实验结果表明,与传统的爬山算法、遗传算法相比,该模型能够获得性能更好的全局最优解。     

Stackelberg Strategies for Selfish Routing in General Multicommodity Networks

A natural generalization of the selfish routing setting arises when some of the users obey a central coordinating authority, while the rest act selfishly. Such behavior can be modeled by dividing the users into an α fraction that are routed according to the central coordinator’s routing strategy (Stackelberg strategy), and the remaining 1−α that determine their strategy selfishly, given the routing of the coordinated users. One seeks to quantify the resulting price of anarchy, i.e., the ratio of the cost of the worst traffic equilibrium to the system optimum, as a function of α. It is well-known that for α=0 and linear latency functions the price of anarchy is at most 4/3 (J. ACM 49, 236–259, 2002). If α tends to 1, the price of anarchy should also tend to 1 for any reasonable algorithm used by the coordinator. We analyze two such algorithms for Stackelberg routing, LLF and SCALE. For general topology networks, multicommodity users, and linear latency functions, we show a price of anarchy bound for SCALE which decreases from 4/3 to 1 as α increases from 0 to 1, and depends only on α. Up to this work, such a tradeoff was known only for the case of two nodes connected with parallel links (SIAM J. Comput. 33, 332–350, 2004), while for general networks it was not clear whether such a result could be achieved, even in the single-commodity case. We show a weaker bound for LLF and also some extensions to general latency functions. The existence of a central coordinator is a rather strong requirement for a network. We show that we can do away with such a coordinator, as long as we are allowed to impose taxes (tolls) on the edges in order to steer the selfish users towards an improved system cost. As long as there is at least a fraction α of users that pay their taxes, we show the existence of taxes that lead to the simulation of SCALE by the tax-payers. The extension of the results mentioned above quantifies the improvement on the system cost as the number of tax-evaders decreases. Research of G. Karakostas supported by an NSERC Discovery Grant and MITACS. Research of S. Kolliopoulos partially supported by the University of Athens under the project Kapodistrias.     

The Network as a Storage Device: Dynamic Routing with Bounded Buffers

We study dynamic routing in store-and-forward packet networks where each network link has bounded buffer capacity for receiving incoming packets and is capable of transmitting a fixed number of packets per unit of time. At any moment in time, packets are injected at various network nodes with each packet specifying its destination node. The goal is to maximize the throughput, defined as the number of packets delivered to their destinations. In this paper, we make some progress on throughput maximization in various network topologies. Let n and m denote the number of nodes and links in the network, respectively. For line networks, we show that Nearest-to-Go (NTG), a natural distributed greedy algorithm, is -competitive, essentially matching a known lower bound on the performance of any greedy algorithm. We also show that if we allow the online routing algorithm to make centralized decisions, there is a randomized polylog(n)-competitive algorithm for line networks as well as for rooted tree networks, where each packet is destined for the root of the tree. For grid graphs, we show that NTG has a competitive ratio of while no greedy algorithm can achieve a ratio better than . Finally, for arbitrary network topologies, we show that NTG is -competitive, improving upon an earlier bound of O(mn). An extended abstract appeared in the Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2005, Berkeley, CA, USA, pp. 1–13, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1741, Springer, Berlin. S. Angelov is supported in part by NSF Career Award CCR-0093117, NSF Award ITR 0205456 and NIGMS Award 1-P20-GM-6912-1. S. Khanna is supported in part by an NSF Career Award CCR-0093117, NSF Award CCF-0429836, and a US-Israel Binational Science Foundation Grant. K. Kunal is supported in part by an NSF Career Award CCR-0093117 and NSF Award CCF-0429836.     

一体化承载网络体系架构研究

传统信息网络因面向业务支撑设计而造成体系架构的刚性,无法满足业务发展多样性和网络异构的需求,因此无法适应下一代网络融合、可扩展等特点.面向服务提供的技术体系可以解决这一问题.文中以网络承载服务为核心,以可重构路由交换平台为关键支撑技术,设计出一种面向服务提供的网络体系架构--一体化承载网络(UCN)模型,以及基于UCN模型设计出的逻辑承载网的资源均衡构建算法(RBCA)并进行了网络仿真及结果分析,为下一代网络的研究和设计提供了新的思路.