Distributed Algorithms for Multi-Layer Connected Edge Dominating Sets

Dimitrios Papakostas, Soheil Eshghi, Dimitrios Katsaros, Leandros Tassiulas

Abstract: Monitoring the state of communications in a distributed multilayer network with differing node capabilities requires the maintenance of a backbone which is a connected edge dominating set. In this letter, we present distributed algorithms that can efficiently create such multilayer resilient connected edge-dominating sets. After establishing the complexity of the problem and our proposed heuristics, we experimentally compare their performance while varying multiple characteristics of the underlying networks.