Title
Efficient counting with optimal resilience
Abstract
In the synchronous c-counting problem, we are given a synchronous system of n nodes, where up to f of the nodes may be Byzantine, that is, have arbitrary faulty behaviour. The task is to have all of the correct nodes count modulo c in unison in a self-stabilising manner: regardless of the initial state of the system and the faulty nodes' behavior, eventually rounds are consistently labelled by a counter modulo c at all correct nodes. We provide a deterministic solution with resilience $$f<n/3$$ that stabilises in Of rounds and every correct node broadcasts $$O\\log ^2 f$$ bits per round. We build and improve on a recent result offering stabilisation time Of and communication complexity $$O\\log ^2 f /\\log \\log f$$ but with sub-optimal resilience $$f = n^{1-o1}$$ PODC 2015. Our new algorithm has optimal resilience, asymptotically optimal stabilisation time, and low communication complexity. Finally, we modify the algorithm to guarantee that after stabilisation very little communication occurs. In particular, for optimal resilience and polynomial counter size $$c=n^{O1}$$, the algorithm broadcasts only O1 bits per node every $$\\Theta n$$ rounds without affecting the other properties of the algorithm; communication-wise this is asymptotically optimal.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1137/16M107877X
SIAM J. Comput.
Keywords
Field
DocType
self-stabilization,Byzantine fault-tolerance
Polynomial,Modulo,Computer science,Byzantine fault tolerance,Counting problem,Communication complexity,Real-time computing,Self-stabilization,Clock synchronization,Asymptotically optimal algorithm,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
4
0097-5397
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
12
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christoph Lenzen158440.61
Joel Rybicki2789.69