Algorithms for Efficient Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks - Distributed Node Coloring and its Application in the SINR Model

Abstract

In this thesis we consider algorithms that enable efficient communication in wireless ad-hoc- and sensornetworks using the so-called Signal-to-interference-and-noise-ratio (SINR) model of interference. We propose and experimentally evaluate several distributed node coloring algorithms and show how to use a computed node coloring to establish efficient medium access schedules