Network Coding in Wireless Communications
Afif Osseiran, Ming Bo Xiao, Slimane Ben Slimane · 2011
This chapter deals with Network Coding (NC) in general and with its application to wireless communication in particular. A short overview of Network Coding in wired and wireless communications is given in section 8.1. Section 8.2, NC describes methods in uplink wireless communications. In section 8.3 the advantage of nonbinary network codes over binary network codes is shown in a multiuser co-operative communication and multirelay scenarios. The application of Network Coding (NC) to broadcast scenarios is then described. Finally, NC trends in wireless communications are given in section 8.5.