Minimum number of wavelengths equals load in a DAG without internal cycle

Jean-Claude Bermond (1) , Michel Cosnard (1)

1 MASCOTTE - Algorithms, simulation, combinatorics and optimization for telecommunications

Let P be a family of dipaths. The load of an arc is the number of dipaths containing this arc. Let (G,P) be the maximum of the load of all the arcs and let w(G,P) be the minimum number of wavelengths (colors) needed to color the family of dipathsP in such a way that two dipaths with the same wavelength are arc-disjoint. Let G be a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph). An internal cycle is an oriented cycle such that all the vertices have at least one predecessor and one successor in G (said otherwise every cycle contain neither a source nor a sink of G). Here we prove that if G is a DAG without internal cycle, then for any family of dipaths P, w(G,P) = (G,P). On the opposite we give examples of DAGs with internal cycles such that the ratio between w(G,P) and (G,P) cannot be bounded. We also consider an apparently new class of DAGs, which is of interest in itself, those for which there is at most one dipath from a vertex to another. We call these digraphs UPP-DAGs. For these UPP-DAGs we show that the load is equal to the maximum size of a clique of the conflict graph. We show that if an UPP-DAG has only one internal cycle, then for any family of dipaths w(G,P) = 4 3(G,P) and we exhibit an UPP-DAG and a family of dipaths reaching the bound. We conjecture that the ratio between w(G,P) and (G,P) cannot be bounded.

Domaines: Mathématique discrète [cs.DM]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]; Algorithme et structure de données [cs.DS]

Jean-Claude Bermond, Michel Cosnard. Minimum number of wavelengths equals load in a DAG without internal cycle. IPDPS07, Mar 2007, Long beach, CA, United States. pp.1-10. ⟨hal-00512284⟩