• DocumentCode
    2681602
  • Title

    On the Sparsity of a Linear Network Code for Broadcast Systems with Feedback

  • Author

    Sung, Chi Wan ; Shum, Kenneth W. ; Kwan, Ho Yuet

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    25-27 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    One method for reducing the decoding complexity of network coding in wireless broadcast systems is to generate sparse encoding vectors. The problem of finding the minimal Hamming weight of innovative encoding vectors over large finite field is formulated. By reducing the problem of hitting set to it, we show that the problem is NP-hard. However when the number of users is fixed, the problem can then be solved in polynomial time. A systematic method for solving the problem is provided.
  • Keywords
    broadcasting; computational complexity; network coding; radio networks; NP hard problem; decoding complexity; feedback; finite field; innovative encoding vector; linear network code; minimal Hamming weight; wireless broadcast systems; Complexity theory; Decoding; Delay; Encoding; Hamming weight; Network coding; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Network Coding (NetCod), 2011 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-138-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISNETCOD.2011.5979090
  • Filename
    5979090