Receiver heterogeneity helps: Network coding for wireless multi-layer multicast
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Contributors
Abstract
Heterogeneity amongst devices and desired services are commonly seen as a source of additional challenges for setting up an efficient multi-layer multicast service. In particular, devices requiring only the base layer can become a key bottleneck to the performance for other devices. This paper studies the case of a wireless multi-layer multicast setting and shows that the judicious use of network coding allows devices with different computational capabilities to trade-off processing complexity for an improved quality of service. As a consequence, individual devices can determine their required effort, while bringing significant advantages to the system as a whole. Network coding is used as a key element to reduce signaling in order to deliver the multicast service. More importantly, our proposed approach focuses on creating some structure in the transmitted stream by allowing inter-layer coding, in order to create more opportunities for recovering the base layer promptly. We propose a design and analyze its delay distribution and mean performance under various system conditions and present a first implementation to verify our analysis and demonstrate the applicability of our approach.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2014 International Symposium on Network Coding, NetCod 2014 - Conference Proceedings |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (electronic) | 9781479962174 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
Conference
Title | 2014 International Symposium on Network Coding, NetCod 2014 |
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Duration | 27 - 28 June 2014 |
City | Aalborg |
Country | Denmark |