On the applicability of network coding in wireless sensor networks

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2012-07-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Voigt, Thiemo
Roedig, Utz
Landsiedel, Olaf  
Samarasinghe, Kasun
Prasad, Mahesh Bogadi Shankar
TORE-URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11420/61265
Journal
ACM SIGBED review  
Volume
9
Issue
3
Start Page
46
End Page
48
Citation
ACM SIGBED Review 9 (3): 46-48 (2012)
Publisher DOI
10.1145/2367580.2367588
Publisher
ACM
Network coding is a novel concept for improving network capacity. This additional capacity may be used to increase throughput or reliability. Also in wireless networks, network coding has been proposed as a method for improving communication. We present our experience from two studies of applying network coding in realistic wireless sensor networks scenarios. As we show, network coding is not as useful in practical deployments as earlier theoretical work suggested. We discuss limitations and future opportunities for network coding in sensor networks.
Subjects
Wireless Sensor Networks
Network Coding
DDC Class
600: Technology