Abstract :
In the paper, we first investigate some properties of capacity factors of a point-to-point network, then give a new upper bound for the maximal cardinality of capacity factors, which is better than the bound in [3]. Finally, we give two definitions of the vertex capacity factors, and present a close relation between the vertex capacity factors and the edge capacity factors.
Keywords :
encoding; multicast communication; network theory (graphs); edge capacity factors; multicast communication; network coding; point-to-point network; vertex capacity factors; Communication networks; Computer science; Concrete; Information rates; Joining processes; Network coding; Robustness; Throughput; Transmitters; Upper bound; Capacity factor; Maximal flow; Minimal cut.; Network coding; Vertex capacity; factor;
