Revisiting the Interface between Error and Erasure Correction in Wireless Standards
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| author | Vasudevan, Vipindev Adat Esfahanizadeh, Homa Kim, Benjamin D. Landon, Laura Cohen, Alejandro Médard, Muriel |
| author_facet | Vasudevan, Vipindev Adat Esfahanizadeh, Homa Kim, Benjamin D. Landon, Laura Cohen, Alejandro Médard, Muriel |
| contents | Modern 5G communication systems implement a combination of error correction and feedback-based erasure correction (HARQ/ARQ) as reliability mechanisms, which can introduce substantial delay and resource inefficiency. We propose forward erasure correction using network coding as a more delay-efficient alternative. We present a mathematical characterization of network delay for existing reliability mechanisms and network coding. Through simulations in a network slicing environment, we demonstrate that network coding not only improves the in-order delivery delay and goodput for the applications utilizing the slice, but also benefits other applications sharing the network by reducing resource utilization for the coded slice. Our analysis and characterization point towards ideas that require attention in the 6G standardization process. These findings highlight the need for greater modularity in protocol stack design that enables the integration of novel technologies in future wireless networks. |
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| spellingShingle | Revisiting the Interface between Error and Erasure Correction in Wireless Standards Vasudevan, Vipindev Adat Esfahanizadeh, Homa Kim, Benjamin D. Landon, Laura Cohen, Alejandro Médard, Muriel Networking and Internet Architecture Emerging Technologies Modern 5G communication systems implement a combination of error correction and feedback-based erasure correction (HARQ/ARQ) as reliability mechanisms, which can introduce substantial delay and resource inefficiency. We propose forward erasure correction using network coding as a more delay-efficient alternative. We present a mathematical characterization of network delay for existing reliability mechanisms and network coding. Through simulations in a network slicing environment, we demonstrate that network coding not only improves the in-order delivery delay and goodput for the applications utilizing the slice, but also benefits other applications sharing the network by reducing resource utilization for the coded slice. Our analysis and characterization point towards ideas that require attention in the 6G standardization process. These findings highlight the need for greater modularity in protocol stack design that enables the integration of novel technologies in future wireless networks. |
| title | Revisiting the Interface between Error and Erasure Correction in Wireless Standards |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture Emerging Technologies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01645 |