Network Coding: Fundamentals and Applications - Softcover

Medard, Dr. Muriel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323164153 ISBN 13: 9780323164153

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Network coding is a field of information and coding theory and is a method of attaining maximum information flow in a network. This book is an ideal introduction for the communications and network engineer, working in research and development, who needs an intuitive introduction to network coding and to the increased performance and reliability it offers in many applications. This book is an ideal introduction for the research and development communications and network engineer who needs an intuitive introduction to the theory and wishes to understand the increased performance and reliability it offers over a number of applications.

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From the Back Cover

* A clear and intuitive introduction to network coding, and the applications it enables, which avoids difficult mathematics by not requiring a background in information theory.

* Emphasis on how network coding techniques can be implemented, using a wide range of applications in communications and network engineering

* Detailed coverage on content distribution networks, peer-to-peer networks, overlay networks, streaming and multimedia applications, network security and military networks, reliable communication, wireless networks, delay-tolerant and disruption-tolerant networks, cellular and ad hoc networks (including LTE), and connections with data compression.

* Edited and contributed to by the world’s leading experts in network coding.

Network coding is a field of information and coding theory and is a method of attaining maximum information flow in a network. This book is an ideal introduction for the communications and network engineer, working in research and development, who needs an intuitive introduction to network coding and to the increased performance and reliability it offers in many applications.

This book is an ideal introduction for the research and development communications and network engineer who needs an intuitive introduction to the theory and wishes to understand the increased performance and reliability it offers over a number of applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323164153
• ISBN 13: 9780323164153
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352