Network synchronization with polylogarithmic overhead

The synchronizer is a simulation methodology for simulating a synchronous network by an asynchronous one, thus enabling the execution of a synchronous algorithm on an asynchronous network. Previously known synchronizers require each processor in the network to participate in each pulse of the synchr...

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Published inFoundations of Computer Science, 31st Symposium pp. 514 - 522 vol.2
Main Authors Awerbuch, B., Peleg, D.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE Comput. Soc. Press 1990
Subjects
Algorithm design and analysis
ARPANET
Career development
Clocks
Contracts
Mathematics
Protocols
Pulse generation
Pulse measurements
Synchronization
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ISBN081862082X
9780818620829
DOI10.1109/FSCS.1990.89572

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Summary:The synchronizer is a simulation methodology for simulating a synchronous network by an asynchronous one, thus enabling the execution of a synchronous algorithm on an asynchronous network. Previously known synchronizers require each processor in the network to participate in each pulse of the synchronization process. The resulting communication overhead depends linearly on the number n of network nodes. A synchronizer with overhead only polylogarithmically dependent on n is introduced. This synchronizer can also be realized with polylog(n) space. The polylog-overhead synchronizer is based on involving only the relevant portions of the network in the synchronization process.< >
ISBN:081862082X
9780818620829
DOI:10.1109/FSCS.1990.89572