Joint Use Of Multi-Packet Reception And Network Coding For Performance Improvement

摘要

Network coding and multiple packet reception (MPR) are used together in a wireless network. In at least one implementation, a novel medium access control (MAC) protocol is provided that enhances throughput in a wireless mesh network that uses network coding and MPR by providing fairness to information flows, rather than fairness to individual nodes.

主权项

1. A method for use in a wireless network that utilizes network coding and multi-packet reception (MPR) to distribute data in the network, the method comprising:
allocating transmission resources to nodes in the wireless network based, at least in part, on an amount of non-self-generated traffic to flow through the nodes of the network.