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Probability of Partially Decoding Network-Coded Messages

Information Theory 2022-03-08 v2 math.IT

Abstract

In the literature there exists analytical expressions for the probability of a receiver decoding a transmitted source message that has been encoded using random linear network coding. In this work, we look into the probability that the receiver will decode at least a fraction of the source message, and present an exact solution to this problem for both non-systematic and systematic network coding. Based on the derived expressions, we investigate the potential of these two implementations of network coding for information-theoretic secure communication and progressive recovery of data.

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@article{arxiv.1607.04725,
  title  = {Probability of Partially Decoding Network-Coded Messages},
  author = {Jessica Claridge and Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.04725},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

12 pages, accepted for publication in IEEE Communications Letters