The integration of network coding in optical networks heralds a transformative approach to managing the burgeoning demands of data traffic and the associated operational challenges. By incorporating ...

An advanced technology called network coding is hidden away in the labs at some vendors as they figure out what to do with it. But Microsoft already has a working network coding prototype. Its ...

The history of modern communications systems has been marked by flashes of startling insight. Claude E. Shannon, mathematician and engineer, launched one such revolution almost 60 years ago by laying ...

A method of transmitting messages in an ad hoc network that allows for the recovery of lost data. Messages are broken up into chunks and coded with information about the other chunks. In the event one ...