Network Coding (PDF)

Network coding, a relatively new area of research, has evolved
from the theoretical level to become a tool used to optimize the
performance of communication networks - wired, cellular, ad
hoc, etc. The idea consists of mixing "packets" of data
together when routing them from source to destination. Since
network coding increases the network performance, it becomes a tool
to enhance the existing protocols and algorithms in a network or
for applications such as peer-to-peer and TCP.

This book delivers an understanding of network coding and provides
a set of studies showing the improvements in security, capacity and
performance of fixed and mobile networks. This is increasingly
topical as industry is increasingly becoming more reliant upon and
applying network coding in multiple applications. Many cases where
network coding is used in routing, physical layer, security,
flooding, error correction, optimization and relaying are given
- all of which are key areas of interest.

Network Coding is the ideal resource for university students
studying coding, and researchers and practitioners in sectors of
all industries where digital communication and its application
needs to be correctly understood and implemented.

Contents

1. Network Coding: From Theory to Practice, Youghourta
Benfattoum, Steven Martin and Khaldoun Al Agha.

2. Fountain Codes and Network Coding for WSNs, Anya Apavatjrut,
Claire Goursaud, Katia Jaffrès-Runser and Jean-Marie
Gorce.

3. Switched Code for Ad Hoc Networks: Optimizing the Diffusion by
Using Network Coding, Nour Kadi and Khaldoun Al Agha.

4. Security by Network Coding, Katia Jaffrès-Runser and
Cédric Lauradoux.

5. Security for Network Coding, Marine Minier, Yuanyuan Zhang and
Wassim Znaïdi.

6. Random Network Coding and Matroids, Maximilien Gadouleau.

7. Joint Network-Channel Coding for the Semi-Orthogonal MARC:
Theoretical Bounds and Practical Design, Atoosa Hatefi, Antoine O.
Berthet and Raphael Visoz.

8. Robust Network Coding, Lana Iwaza, Marco Di Renzo and Michel
Kieffer.

9. Flow Models and Optimization for Network Coding, Eric Gourdin
and Jeremiah Edwards.