Communication Over Finite-Field Matrix Channels
Danilo Silva, Frank R. Kschischang, Ralf Kötter · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 2010
This paper is motivated by the problem of error control in network coding when errors are introduced in a random fashion (rather than chosen by an adversary). An additive-multiplicative matrix channel is considered as a model for random network coding. The model assumes thatnpackets of lengthmare transmitted over the network, and up toterroneous packets are randomly chosen and injected into the network. Upper and lower bounds on capacity are obtained for any channel parameters, and asymptotic expressions are provided in the limit of large field or matrix size. A simple coding scheme is presented that achieves capacity in both limiting cases. The scheme has decoding complexityO(n2m) and a probability of error that decreases exponentially both in the packet length and in the field size in bits. Extensions of these results for coherent network coding are also presented.