Cross-layer topology design for network coding based wireless multicasting.

Vien, Quoc-Tuan; Tu, Wanqing; Nguyen, Huan X.; Trestian, Ramona

Abstract

This paper considers wireless multicast networks where network coding (NC) is applied to improve network throughput. A novel joint topology and cross-layer design is proposed to maximise the network throughput subject to various quality-of-service constraints, such as: wireless multicast rate, wireless link capacity, energy supply and network lifetime. Specifically, a heuristic NC-based link-controlled routing tree algorithm is developed to reduce the number of required intermediate nodes. The proposed algorithm facilitates the optimisation of the wireless multicast rate, data flow of wireless links, energy supply and lifetime of nodes through a novel cross-layer design. The proposed joint topology and cross-layer design is evaluated and compared against other schemes from the literature. The results show that the proposed scheme can achieve up to 50% increase in the system throughput when compared to a classic approach.

Citation

VIEN, Q.-T., TU, W., NGUYEN, H.X. and TRESTIAN, R. 2015. Cross-layer topology design for network coding based wireless multicasting. Computer networks [online], 88, pages 27-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2015.06.005

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 9, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jun 16, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 9, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 31, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 17, 2016
• Journal: Computer networks
• Print ISSN: 1389-1286
• Electronic ISSN: 1872-7069
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 88
• Pages: 27-39
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2015.06.005
• Keywords: Topology design; Crosslayer optimisation; Network coding; Wireless multicast networks
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1433