Bringing network coding into SDN: architectural study for meshed heterogeneous communications

Modern communications have moved away from point-to-point models to increasingly heterogeneous network models. In this article, we propose a novel controller-based architecture to deploy adaptive causal network coding in heterogeneous and highly meshed communication networks. Specifically, we consid...

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Autor principal: Cohen, Alejandro (author)
Outros Autores: Esfahanizadeh, Homa (author), Sousa, Bruno (author), Vilela, João P. (author), Luís, Miguel (author), Raposo, Duarte (author), Michel, François (author), Sargento, Susana (author), Medard, Muriel (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2021
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/13422
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/13422
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Resumo:Modern communications have moved away from point-to-point models to increasingly heterogeneous network models. In this article, we propose a novel controller-based architecture to deploy adaptive causal network coding in heterogeneous and highly meshed communication networks. Specifically, we consider using the software-defined network as the main controller. We first present an architecture for highly meshed heterogeneous multi-source multi-destination networks that represent the practical communication networks encountered in the fifth generation of wireless networks and beyond. Next, we present a promising solution to deploy network coding over the new architecture. We also present a new controller-based setting with which network coding modules communicate to attain the required information. Finally, we briefly discuss how the proposed architecture and network coding solution provide a good opportunity for future technologies.