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We approach index coding as a special case of rate-distortion with multiple receivers, each with some side information about the source. Specifically, using techniques developed for the rate-distortion problem, we provide two upper bounds…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-28 Sinem Unal , Aaron B. Wagner

We consider the problem of reliable communication over multiple-access channels (MAC) where the channel is driven by an independent and identically distributed state process and the encoders and the decoder are provided with various degrees…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-01-20 Nevroz Şen , Fady Alajaji , Serdar Yüksel , Giacomo Como

Pliable Index CODing (PICOD) is a variant of the Index Coding (IC) problem in which a user is satisfied whenever it can successfully decode any one message that is not in its side information set, as opposed to a fixed pre-determined…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-14 Tang Liu , Daniela Tuninetti

The problem of characterizing the optimal rate achievable with analog network coding (ANC) for a unicast communication over general wireless relay networks is computationally hard. A relay node performing ANC scales and forwards its input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-11-03 Samar Agnihotri

Random linear network coding (RLNC) is asymptotically throughput optimal in the wireless broadcast of a block of packets from a sender to a set of receivers, but suffers from heavy computational load and packet decoding delay. To mitigate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Mingchao Yu , Parastoo Sadeghi , Alex Sprintson

A problem of index coding with side information was first considered by Y. Birk and T. Kol (IEEE INFOCOM, 1998). In the present work, a generalization of index coding scheme, where transmitted symbols are subject to errors, is studied.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-01-17 Son Hoang Dau , Vitaly Skachek , Yeow Meng Chee

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

This paper considers the problem of channel coding over Gaussian intersymbol interference (ISI) channels with a given metric decoding rule. Specifically, it is assumed that the mismatched decoder has an incorrect assumption on the impulse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-20 Wasim Huleihel , Salman Salamatian , Neri Merhav , Muriel Médard

We consider broadcasting a block of packets to multiple wireless receivers under random packet erasures using instantly decodable network coding (IDNC). The sender first broadcasts each packet uncoded once, then generates coded packets…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-20 Mingchao Yu , Parastoo Sadeghi , Neda Aboutorab

A cache-aided $K$-user Gaussian broadcast channel (BC) is studied. The transmitter has a library of $N$ files, from which each user requests one. The users are equipped with caches of different sizes, which are filled without the knowledge…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-27 Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri , Deniz Gunduz

Caching is an efficient way to reduce network traffic congestion during peak hours, by storing some content at the user's local cache memory, even without knowledge of user's later demands. Maddah-Ali and Niesen proposed a two-phase…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Kai Wan , Daniela Tuninetti , Pablo Piantanida

This work introduces a hypergraph formulation that generalizes the classical paradigm of Bar-Yossef et al. to the multi-sender index coding (MSIC) setting. Central to the model is a 4-regular side-information hypergraph G, a new adjacency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Ali Khalesi , Petros Elia

Linear computation broadcast (LCBC) refers to a setting with $d$ dimensional data stored at a central server, where $K$ users, each with some prior linear side-information, wish to retrieve various linear combinations of the data. For each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Yuhang Yao , Syed A. Jafar

In this paper, we study the capacity region of the general distributed index coding. In contrast to the traditional centralized index coding where a single server contains all $n$ messages requested by the receivers, in the distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-13 Parastoo Sadeghi , Fatemeh Arbabjolfaei , Young-Han Kim

We consider the problem of communication over a three user discrete memoryless interference channel ($3-$IC). The current known coding techniques for communicating over an arbitrary $3-$IC are based on message splitting, superposition…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-02 Arun Padakandla , Aria G. Sahebi , S. Sandeep Pradhan

One of the main theoretical motivations for the emerging area of network coding is the achievability of the max-flow/min-cut rate for single source multicast. This can exceed the rate achievable with routing alone, and is achievable with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-02-04 Terence Chan , Alex Grant

This work addresses the $K$-user computation broadcast problem consisting of a master node, that holds all datasets and users for a general class of function demands, including linear and non-linear functions, over finite fields. The master…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Mohammad Reza Deylam Salehi , Vijith Kumar Kizhakke Purakkal , Derya Malak

We consider a directed acyclic network where there are two source-terminal pairs and the terminals need to receive the symbols generated at the respective sources. Each source independently generates an i.i.d. random process over the same…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-02-04 Sagar Shenvi , Bikash Kumar Dey

We consider the problem of computing the capacity of a coded, multicast network over a small alphabet. We introduce a novel approach to this problem based on mixed integer programming. As an application of our approach, we recover, extend…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-15 Christopher Hojny , Altan B. Kilic , Alberto Ravagnani

A problem of index coding with side information was first considered by Y. Birk and T. Kol (IEEE INFOCOM, 1998). In the present work, a generalization of index coding scheme, where transmitted symbols are subject to errors, is studied.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-17 Son Hoang Dau , Vitaly Skachek , Yeow Meng Chee