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The network communication scenario where one or more receivers request all the information transmitted by different sources is considered. We introduce distributed polynomial-time network codes in the presence of malicious nodes. Our codes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-01-18 Hongyi Yao , Theodoros K. Dikaliotis , Sidharth Jaggi , Tracey Ho

We are interested in how to best communicate a (usually real valued) source to a number of destinations (sinks) over a network with capacity constraints in a collective fidelity metric over all the sinks, a problem which we call joint…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Nima Sarshar , Xiaolin Wu

We give an information flow interpretation for multicasting using network coding. This generalizes the fluid model used to represent flows to a single receiver. Using the generalized model, we present a decentralized algorithm to minimize…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Kapil Bhattad , Niranjan Ratnakar , Ralf Koetter , Krishna R. Narayanan

We study network coding gaps for the problem of makespan minimization of multiple unicasts. In this problem distinct packets at different nodes in a network need to be delivered to a destination specific to each packet, as fast as possible.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-30 Bernhard Haeupler , David Wajc , Goran Zuzic

We consider the problem of linear network coding over communication networks, representable by directed acyclic graphs, with multiple groupcast sessions: the network comprises of multiple destination nodes, each desiring messages from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Abhik Kumar Das , Siddhartha Banerjee , Sriram Vishwanath

We are interested in how to best communicate a real valued source to a number of destinations (sinks) over a network with capacity constraints in a collective fidelity metric over all the sinks, a problem which we call joint network-source…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Nima Sarshar , Xiaolin Wu

Content distribution over networks is often achieved by using mirror sites that hold copies of files or portions thereof to avoid congestion and delay issues arising from excessive demands to a single location. Accordingly, there are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Shurui Huang , Aditya Ramamoorthy , Muriel Medard

Multicast remains a fundamental mechanism for scalable content distribution, yet existing approaches face critical limitations. Traditional multicast trees suffer from path redundancy and inefficient utilization of network resources, while…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Tomas Lestayo Martinez , Manuel Fernandez Veiega Veiga

Lossy coding of correlated sources over a multiple access channel (MAC) is studied. First, a joint source-channel coding scheme is presented when the decoder has correlated side information. Next, the optimality of separate source and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-18 Basak Guler , Deniz Gunduz , Aylin Yener

Network coding is a new technique to transmit data through a network by letting the intermediate nodes combine the packets they receive. Given a network, the network coding solvability problem decides whether all the packets requested by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-24 Maximilien Gadouleau

We abstract the essential aspects of network-error detecting and correcting codes to arrive at the definitions of matroidal error detecting networks and matroidal error correcting networks. An acyclic network (with arbitrary sink demands)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-09 K. Prasad , B. Sundar Rajan

This paper investigates the problem of single-source multicasting over a communication network in the presence of restricted adversaries. When the adversary is constrained to operate only on a prescribed subset of edges, classical cut-set…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Christopher Hojny , Altan B. Kılıç , Sascha Kurz , Alberto Ravagnani

Energy-harvesting wireless sensor networking is an emerging technology with applications to various fields such as environmental and structural health monitoring. A distinguishing feature of wireless sensors is the need to perform both…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-15 Cristiano Tapparello , Osvaldo Simeone , Michele Rossi

Source and channel coding over multiuser channels in which receivers have access to correlated source side information is considered. For several multiuser channel models necessary and sufficient conditions for optimal separation of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-07-09 Deniz Gunduz , Elza Erkip , Andrea Goldsmith , H. Vincent Poor

This article focuses on a biobjective extension of the maximum flow network interdiction problem, where each arc in the network is associated with two capacity values. Two maximum flows from a source to a sink are to be computed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-09 Luca E. Schäfer , Stefan Ruzika , Sven O. Krumke , Carlos M. Fonseca

In recent years, a significant amount of research has been conducted to explore the benefits of network coding in different scenarios, from both theoretical and simulation perspectives. In this paper, we utilize queueing theory to propose…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Somayeh Kafaie , Mohamed H. Ahmed , Yuanzhu Chen , Octavia A. Dobre

This work considers the problem of transmitting multiple compressible sources over a network at minimum cost. The aim is to find the optimal rates at which the sources should be compressed and the network flows using which they should be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-08-13 Aditya Ramamoorthy

Consider the following gap cycle counting problem in the streaming model: The edges of a $2$-regular $n$-vertex graph $G$ are arriving one-by-one in a stream and we are promised that $G$ is a disjoint union of either $k$-cycles or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Sepehr Assadi , Gillat Kol , Raghuvansh R. Saxena , Huacheng Yu

This paper considers the problem of network coding for multiple unicast connections in networks represented by directed acyclic graphs. The concept of interference alignment, traditionally used in interference networks, is extended to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-08-03 Abhik Das , Sriram Vishwanath , Syed Jafar , Athina Markopoulou

A new coding technique, based on \textit{fixed block-length} codes, is proposed for the problem of communicating a pair of correlated sources over a $2-$user interference channel. Its performance is analyzed to derive a new set of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-08 Arun Padakandla