Multi-Path Low Delay Network Codes
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Author(s)
Cloud, Jason M
Medard, Muriel
Date Issued
December 2016
Journal
2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Citation
Cloud, Jason, and Muriel Medard. “Multi-Path Low Delay Network Codes.” 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) (December 2016), Washington, DC, USA, 2016
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Original manuscript
Abstract
The capability of mobile devices to use multiple interfaces to support a single session is becoming more prevalent. Prime examples include the desire to implement WiFi offloading and the introduction of 5G. Furthermore, an increasing fraction of Internet traffic is becoming delay sensitive. These two trends drive the need to investigate methods that enable communication over multiple parallel heterogeneous networks, while also ensuring that delay constraints are met. This paper approaches these challenges using a multi-path streaming code that uses forward error correction to reduce the in-order delivery delay of packets in networks with poor link quality and transient connectivity. A simple analysis is developed that provides a good approximation of the in-order delivery delay. Furthermore, numerical results help show that the delay penalty of communicating over multiple paths is insignificant when considering the potential throughput gains obtained through the fusion of multiple networks.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7842012
