Reliable communication over highly connected noisy networks

Noga Alon, Mark Braverman, Klim Efremenko, Ran Gelles, Bernhard Haeupler

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Abstract

We consider the task of multiparty computation performed over networks in the presence of random noise. Given an n-party protocol that takes R rounds assuming noiseless communication, the goal is to find a coding scheme that takes R′ rounds and computes the same function with high probability even when the communication is noisy, while maintaining a constant asymptotic rate, i.e., while keeping lim infn,R→∞ R/R′ positive. Rajagopalan and Schulman (STOC '94) were the first to consider this question, and provided a coding scheme with rate O(1= log(d + 1)), where d is the maximal degree in the network. While that scheme provides a constant rate coding for many practical situations, in the worst case, e.g., when the network is a complete graph, the rate is O(1= log n), which tends to 0 as n tends to infinity. We revisit this question and provide an efficient coding scheme with a constant rate for the interesting case of fully connected networks. We furthermore extend the result and show that if a (d-regular) network has mixing time m, then there exists an efficient coding scheme with rate O(1/m3 logm). This implies a constant rate coding scheme for any n-party protocol over a d-regular network with a constant mixing time, and in particular for random graphs with n vertices and degrees nω(1).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPODC 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages165-173
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781450339643
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event35th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, PODC 2016 - Chicago, United States
Duration: 25 Jul 201628 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
Volume25-28-July-2016

Conference

Conference35th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, PODC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period25/07/1628/07/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 ACM.

Funding

Research supported in part by a USA-Israeli BSF grant, by an ISF grant, by the Israeli I-Core program and by the Oswald Veblen Fund. Research supported in part by an NSF CAREER award (CCF-1149888), a Turing Centenary Fellowship, a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, and the Simons Collaboration on Algorithms and Geometry. Research supported in part by: European Communitys Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement number 257575.

FundersFunder number
Israeli I-Core
Oswald Veblen Fund
USA-Israeli BSF
National Science FoundationCCF-1149888
Seventh Framework Programme257575
Israel Science Foundation
Seventh Framework Programme

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