# Network-coded cooperation over time-varying channels

Hana Khamfroush, Daniel E. Lucani, Joao Barros, Peyman Pahlevani

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### Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the optimal design of cooperative network-coded strategies for a three-node wireless network with time-varying half-duplex erasure channels. To this end, we formulate the problem of minimizing the total cost of transmitting $M$ packets from source to two receivers as a Markov decision process (MDP). The actions of the MDP model include the source and the type of transmission to be used in a given time slot given perfect knowledge of the system state. The cost of packet transmission is defined such that it can incorporate the difference between broadcast and unicast transmissions, e.g., in terms of the rate of packet transmission or the energy consumption. A comprehensive analysis of the MDP solution is carried out under different network conditions to extract optimal rules of packet transmission. Inspired by the extracted rules, we propose two near-optimal heuristics that are suitable for practical systems. We use two wireless channel models to analyze the performance of the proposed heuristics in practical wireless networks, namely, 1) an infrastructure-to-vehicle communication in a highway scenario considering Rayleigh fading and 2) real packet loss measurements for WiFi using Aalborg University's Raspberry Pi testbed. We compare our results with random linear network coding broadcasting schemes showing that our heuristics can provide up to 2 $\times$ gains in completion time and up to 4 $\times$ gains in terms of reliably serviced data packets.

Original language English (US) 6945883 4413-4425 13 IEEE Transactions on Communications 62 12 https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2014.2367016 Published - Dec 1 2014

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Wireless networks
Linear networks
Network coding
Packet loss
Testbeds
Costs
Energy utilization
Communication
Optimal design

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• Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Khamfroush, H., Lucani, D. E., Barros, J., & Pahlevani, P. (2014). Network-coded cooperation over time-varying channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 62(12), 4413-4425. [6945883]. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2014.2367016
Khamfroush, Hana ; Lucani, Daniel E. ; Barros, Joao ; Pahlevani, Peyman. / Network-coded cooperation over time-varying channels. In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2014 ; Vol. 62, No. 12. pp. 4413-4425.
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Khamfroush, H, Lucani, DE, Barros, J & Pahlevani, P 2014, 'Network-coded cooperation over time-varying channels', IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 12, 6945883, pp. 4413-4425. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2014.2367016

Network-coded cooperation over time-varying channels. / Khamfroush, Hana; Lucani, Daniel E.; Barros, Joao; Pahlevani, Peyman.

In: IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 62, No. 12, 6945883, 01.12.2014, p. 4413-4425.

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Khamfroush H, Lucani DE, Barros J, Pahlevani P. Network-coded cooperation over time-varying channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 2014 Dec 1;62(12):4413-4425. 6945883. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2014.2367016