Network coding fundamentals
By: Christina Fragouli, Emina Soljanin
Contributors: Soljanin, Emina, 1962-
Publisher: Now
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9781601980335
Subjects: Computer networks; COMPUTERS; Coding theory; Information Theory
Other titles: Foundations and trends in networking.
Description: Network coding is an elegant and novel technique introduced at the turn of the millennium to improve network throughput and performance. It is expected to be a critical technology for networks of the future. This tutorial addresses the first most natural questions one would ask about this new technique: how network coding works and what are its benefits, how network codes are designed and how much it costs to deploy networks implementing such codes, and finally, whether there are methods to deal with cycles and delay that are present in all real networks. A companion issue deals primarily with applications of network coding.
Notes: Offprint. Foundations and trends in networking. Vol. 2, no. 1 (2007).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Abstract; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The main theorem of network multicast; title: 3. Theoretical frameworks for network coding; title: 4. Throughput benefits of network coding; title: 5. Network code design methods for multicasting; title: 6. Networks with delay and cycles; title: 7. Resources for network coding; title: Appendix : Points in general position; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notations and acronyms; title: References.