Research Article
Lightweight Random Linear Coding over Wireless Mesh Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-26925-2_13, author={Pablo Garrido and David G\^{o}mez and Jorge Lanza and Ram\^{o}n Ag\'{y}ero and Joan Serrat}, title={Lightweight Random Linear Coding over Wireless Mesh Networks}, proceedings={Mobile Networks and Management. 7th International Conference, MONAMI 2015, Santander, Spain, September 16-18, 2015, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MONAMI}, year={2016}, month={1}, keywords={Random linear coding Network coding Simulation Wireless mesh networks}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-26925-2_13} }- Pablo Garrido
David Gómez
Jorge Lanza
Ramón Agüero
Joan Serrat
Year: 2016
Lightweight Random Linear Coding over Wireless Mesh Networks
MONAMI
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26925-2_13
Abstract
We propose an enhanced version of an Network Coding protocol, which was conceived to offer a reliable communication service, by means of the combination a Random Linear Coding (RLC) scheme with the UDP protocol. We reduce the overhead that was originally required in the protocol header and we assess, through an extensive campaign carried out over the framework, the performance gain that is brought by this enhancement, comparing it to the TCP protocol, as the mainstream transport-level solution to offer a reliable service. We study the impact of the various configuration parameters of the solution. Afterwards, we challenge the proposed scheme over random topologies (Wireless Mesh Networks or WMNs). The results show a remarkable gain (approximately 20 times higher) of the performance over an ideal channel, thanks to the aforementioned overhead reduction.
