Finding all the best swaps of a minimum diameter spanning tree under transient edge failures

Abstract

In network communication systems, frequently messages are routed along a minimum diameter spanning tree (MDST) of the network, to minimize the maximum delay in delivering a message. When a transient edge failure occurs, it is important to choose a temporary replacement edge which minimizes the diameter of the new spanning tree. Such an optimal replacement is called the best swap. As a natural extension, the all-best-swaps (ABS) problemis the problem of finding the best swap for every edge of the MDST. Given a weighted graph G = (V, E), where |V| = n and |E| = m, we solve the ABS problem in O(n√m) time and O(m + n) space, thus improving previous bounds for m = o(n2). © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998.