Network Coding: Fundamentals and Applications

Networkcodingisafieldofinformationandcodingtheoryandisamethodofattainingmaximuminformationflowinanetwork.Thisbookisanidealintroductionforthecommunicationsandnetworkengineer,workinginresearchanddevelopment,whoneedsanintuitiveintroductiontonetworkcodingandtotheincreasedperformanceandreliabilityitoffersinmanyapplications.Thisbookisanidealintroductionfortheresearchanddevelopmentcommunicationsandnetworkengineerwhoneedsanintuitiveintroductiontothetheoryandwishestounderstandtheincreasedperformanceandreliabilityitoffersoveranumberofapplications.Aclearandintuitiveintroductiontonetworkcoding,avoidingdifficultmathematics,whichdoesnotrequireabackgroundininformationtheory.Emphasisonhownetworkcodingtechniquescanbeimplemented,usingawiderangeofapplicationsincommunicationsandnetworkengineeringDetailedcoverageoncontentdistributionnetworks,peer-to-peernetworks,overlaynetworks,streamingandmultimediaapplications,storagenetworks,networksecurityandmilitarynetworks,reliablecommunication,wirelessnetworks,delay-tolerantanddisruption-tolerantnetworks,cellularandadhocnetworks(includingLTEandWiMAX),andconnectionswithdatacompressionandcompressedsensingEditedandcontributedbytheworld'sleadingexperts