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Time-slot assignment for TDMA-systems

Zeitschlitz-Zuordnung für TDMA-Systeme

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In satellite communication as in other technical systems using the TDMA-technique (time division multiple access) the problem arises to decompose a given (n×n)-matrix in a weighted sum of permutation matrices such that the sum of the weights becomes minimal. We show at first that an optimal solution of this problem can be obtained inO(n 4)-time using at mostO(n 2) different permutation matrices. Thereafter we discuss shortly the decomposition inO(n) different matrices which turns out to be NP-hard. Moreover it is shown that an optimal decomposition using a class of 2n permutation matrices which are fixed in advance can be obtained by solving a classical assignment problem. This latter problem can be generalized by taking arbitrary Boolean matrices. The corresponding decomposition problem can be transformed to a special max flow min cost network flow problem, and is thus soluble by a genuinely polynomial algorithm.

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Bei der Nachrichtenübertragung via Satelliten unter Benützung der TDMA-Technik, wie auch bei mannigfachen anderen technischen Systemen, tritt das Problem auf, daß eine gegebene (n×n)-Matrix mit nichtnegativen Elementen derart in eine Summe von Permutationsmatrizen zu zerlegen ist, daß die Summe der Gewichte minimal wird. Zunächst wird gezeigt, daß eine Optimallösung dieses Problems inO(n 4) Schritten konstruiert werden kann. Dabei werden maximaln 2−2n+2 verschiedene Permutationsmatrizen verwendet. Danach wird kurz die Zerlegung inn Matrizen diskutiert. Dieses Problem ist NP-schwer. Wenn 2n Permutationsmatrizen im vorhinein fixiert werden, kann eine optimale Zerlegung in eine gewichtete Summe dieser Permutationsmatrizen inO(n 3) Zeit durch das Lösen eines linearen Zuordnungsproblems gefunden werden. Dieses letztere Problem kann auf beliebige Boolesche Matrizen verallgemeinert werden. Dies führt dann auf ein maximales Flußproblem mit minimalen Kosten und kann daher ebenfalls durch einen echt-poynomialen Algorithmus gelöst werden.

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This work was partially supported by the Austrian Science Foundation (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung), Project S 32/01.

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Burkard, R.E. Time-slot assignment for TDMA-systems. Computing 35, 99–112 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260498

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