METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICTION PERFORMANCE THROUGH NETWORK CODING

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product providing improved communication performance through network coding is presented. Coded packets are formed at a source node, the coded packets comprising a combination of original packets at the source node. The coded packets are transmitted to at least one destination node using an unreliable protocol. A reconstruction is formed based on received coded packets at the destination node, wherein when a number of received coded packets are equal to the number of transmitted coded packets the forming a reconstruction comprises forming a complete reconstruction and wherein when the number of received coded packets is less than the number of transmitted coded packets the reconstruction comprises forming a best attempt at reconstruction.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method in which a computer system performs operations comprising:
forming coded packets by at least one source node, said coded packets comprising a combination of original packets at said at least one source node; transmitting said coded packets to at least one destination node using an unreliable protocol; and forming a reconstruction based on received coded packets at said destination node, wherein when a number of received coded packets are equal to the number of transmitted coded packets said forming a reconstruction comprises forming a complete reconstruction and wherein when the number of received coded packets is less than the number of transmitted coded packets said reconstruction comprises forming a best attempt at reconstruction.