Title :
Network coding and its implications on optical networking
Author :
Kim, Minkyu ; Medard, Muriel ; Reilly, Una-May O.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Network coding allows for minimum-cost multicast that is fault-tolerant against a link failure. However, it is often possible to achieve the calculated minimum cost without actually performing coding operations at interior nodes.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; fault-tolerant; minimum-cost multicast; network coding; optical networking; Costs; Fault tolerance; Network coding; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Protection; Routing; Switches; (060.4261) Networks, protection and restoration; (060.4510) Optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
