An evaluation of configuration parameters affecting network coding on the data link layer in a wireless network

Author

van Wyk, J.L. ; Helberg, A.S.J. ; Grobler, M.J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., North-West Univ., Potchefstroom, South Africa

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Network Coding, introduced in [2], promises significant theoretical capacity gains in multicast networks. Practical implementations in underlay networks are however quite complex in practice and performance is subject to many network variables. In this paper we model a network coding function at the data link layer of an 802.11g wireless node and evaluate the network coding performance for certain well known network coding topologies. We evaluate the throughput in a simulated ad hoc wireless network using the OPNET® Modeler and show the effect of various network parameters on the fraction of network coded data.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; multicast communication; network coding; telecommunication network topology; wireless LAN; 802.11g wireless node; OPNET Modeler; ad hoc wireless network; configuration parameter evaluation; data link layer; multicast network; network coding topology; Ad hoc networks; Data models; Network coding; Protocols; Throughput; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2011

Conference_Location

Livingstone

ISSN

2153-0025

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-992-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072133

Filename

6072133