Layering of communication networks and a forward-backward duality

Cyran M, Schotsch B, Huber J, Fischer RF (2019)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: VDE Verlag GmbH

Conference Proceedings Title: SCC 2017 - 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding

Event location: Hamburg DE

ISBN: 9783800743629

Abstract

In layered communication networks there are only connections between intermediate nodes in adjacent layers. We propose a layering procedure to transform an arbitrary network into an equivalent layered one. Applying network coding to (equivalent) layered topologies enlightens the structure of networks more clearly and provides advantages in the theoretical treatment of communication networks, as well as when numerically simulating such networks. Furthermore, for the bidirectional communication between a source/destination pair, we derive a forward-backward duality for linear network codes, which can be seen as an analogon to the uplink-downlink duality in MIMO communication systems.

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APA:

Cyran, M., Schotsch, B., Huber, J., & Fischer, R.F. (2019). Layering of communication networks and a forward-backward duality. In SCC 2017 - 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding. Hamburg, DE: VDE Verlag GmbH.

MLA:

Cyran, Michael, et al. "Layering of communication networks and a forward-backward duality." Proceedings of the 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding, SCC 2017, Hamburg VDE Verlag GmbH, 2019.

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