Conflict-free coloring of unit disks

Nissan Lev-Tov, David Peleg

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Abstract

The paper considers the geometric conflict-free coloring problem, introduced in [G. Even, Z. Lotker, D. Ron, S. Smorodinsky, Conflict-free colorings of simple geometric regions with applications to frequency assignment in cellular networks, SIAM J. Comput. 33 (2003) 94-133]. The input of this problem is a set of regions in the plane and the output is an assignment of colors to the regions, such that for every point p in the total coverage area, there exist a color i and a region D such that p ∈ D, the region D is colored i, and every other region D that contains p is not colored i. The target is to minimize the number of colors used. This problem arises from issues of frequency assignment in radio networks. The paper presents an O (1) approximation algorithm for the conflict-free coloring problem where the regions are unit disks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1521-1532
Number of pages12
JournalDiscrete Applied Mathematics
Volume157
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Apr 2009
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the Minerva Foundation and the Israel Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Funding

This research was supported in part by grants from the Minerva Foundation and the Israel Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

FundersFunder number
Israel Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Minerva Foundation

    Keywords

    • Conflict-free coloring
    • Unit disk graphs
    • Wireless networks

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