Queue-based rate control for low feedback RLNC

In random linear network coding, rate control is an important strategy for limiting the decoding delay of a system. In broadcast systems where the channel rate is either unknown or varies over time, we demonstrate that a target delay can be achieved using the queue threshold scheme that we introduce. At throughputs approaching the channel rate, the queue threshold rate control scheme is shown to achieve improved throughput delay performance compared with existing schemes. We demonstrate that it is possible to modify this rate control scheme to greatly reduce the amount of feedback required, in exchange for a slight degradation of the throughput delay performance. Furthermore, this rate control scheme is shown to perform reasonably well, even under lossy and delayed feedback.