CARCC: Connectivity Autorecovering via Cooperative Communication

Algorithm 1

HSS().

Input: Source , articulation node , estimated distance ;

Output: A helper set complying with (2) and (4) or ;

    Total transmission power or if .

  # is a function returning the node with the least , ;

  # Let be the destination node such that with ;

(1) ∖; ;

(2) while    do

(3)   ;

(4)   ∖;

(5)   Using (5), node obtains ;

(6)   Node uses to compute and ;

(7)   if    then

(8)    return  ;

(9)   end if

(10)  end while

(11)  return  ;