Network Coding
An Introduction

An overview of the theory, applications, challenges and future directions of network coding for graduate students, researchers and practitioners.

Tracey Ho (Author), Desmond Lun (Author)

9780521873109, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 April 2008

184 pages, 47 b/w illus.
25.4 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.54 kg

Network coding promises to significantly impact the way communications networks are designed, operated, and understood. This book presents a unified and intuitive overview of the theory, applications, challenges, and future directions of this emerging field, and is a must-have resource for those working in wireline or wireless networking. • Uses an engineering approach - explains the ideas and practical techniques • Covers mathematical underpinnings, practical algorithms, code selection, security, and network management • Discusses key topics of inter-session (non-multicast) network coding, lossy networks, lossless networks, and subgraph-selection algorithms Starting with basic concepts, models, and theory, then covering a core subset of results with full proofs, Ho and Lun provide an authoritative introduction to network coding that supplies both the background to support research and the practical considerations for designing coded networks. This is an essential resource for graduate students and researchers in electronic and computer engineering and for practitioners in the communications industry.

1. Introduction
2. Lossless multicast network coding
3. Inter-session network coding
4. Network coding in lossy networks
5. Subgraph selection
6. Security against adversarial errors.

Subject Areas: Computer networking & communications [UT], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Electrical engineering [THR]