Representations of the Multicast Network Problem

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Main Authors: Anderson, Sarah E., Halbawi, Wael, Kaplan, Nathan, López, Hiram H., Manganiello, Felice, Soljanin, Emina, Walker, Judy
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author Anderson, Sarah E.
Halbawi, Wael
Kaplan, Nathan
López, Hiram H.
Manganiello, Felice
Soljanin, Emina
Walker, Judy
author_facet Anderson, Sarah E.
Halbawi, Wael
Kaplan, Nathan
López, Hiram H.
Manganiello, Felice
Soljanin, Emina
Walker, Judy
contents We approach the problem of linear network coding for multicast networks from different perspectives. We introduce the notion of the coding points of a network, which are edges of the network where messages combine and coding occurs. We give an integer linear program that leads to choices of paths through the network that minimize the number of coding points. We introduce the code graph of a network, a simplified directed graph that maintains the information essential to understanding the coding properties of the network. One of the main problems in network coding is to understand when the capacity of a multicast network is achieved with linear network coding over a finite field of size q. We explain how this problem can be interpreted in terms of rational points on certain algebraic varieties.
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spellingShingle Representations of the Multicast Network Problem
Anderson, Sarah E.
Halbawi, Wael
Kaplan, Nathan
López, Hiram H.
Manganiello, Felice
Soljanin, Emina
Walker, Judy
Information Theory
We approach the problem of linear network coding for multicast networks from different perspectives. We introduce the notion of the coding points of a network, which are edges of the network where messages combine and coding occurs. We give an integer linear program that leads to choices of paths through the network that minimize the number of coding points. We introduce the code graph of a network, a simplified directed graph that maintains the information essential to understanding the coding properties of the network. One of the main problems in network coding is to understand when the capacity of a multicast network is achieved with linear network coding over a finite field of size q. We explain how this problem can be interpreted in terms of rational points on certain algebraic varieties.
title Representations of the Multicast Network Problem
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.05944