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Broadcasting is disseminating information in a network where a specific message must spread to all network vertices as quickly as possible. Finding the minimum broadcast time of a vertex in an arbitrary network is proven to be NP-complete. However, this problem is solvable for a few families of networks. In this paper, we present an optimal algorithm for finding the broadcast time of any vertex in a fully connected tree ([Formula: see text]) in [Formula: see text] time. An [Formula: see text] is formed by attaching arbitrary trees to vertices of a complete graph of size [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is the total number of vertices in the graph.

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Abstract-Broadcasting is an information dissemination problem in a connected network, in which one node, called the originator, disseminates a message to all other nodes by placing a series of calls along the communication lines of the network. Once informed, the nodes aid the originator in distributing the message. Finding the minimum broadcast time of a vertex in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete. The problem is solved polynomially only for trees, unicyclic graphs, and tree of cycles. In this paper we will consider broadcasting in a new class called the Fully Connected Trees (FCT). We will present a O(n log n) algorithm to find the broadcast time of any originator in an arbitrary FCT.