On Optimization of Network-coded Scalable Multimedia Service Multicasting
This addresses the challenge of delivering scalable multimedia services in future cellular networks, but appears incremental as it builds on existing network coding and error protection techniques.
The paper tackles the problem of efficiently multicasting layered video services over cellular networks by defining a novel optimization paradigm based on Unequal Error Protection and Random Linear Network Coding, aiming to ensure target service coverages with limited radio resources.
In the near future, the delivery of multimedia multicast services over next-generation networks is likely to become one of the main pillars of future cellular networks. In this extended abstract, we address the issue of efficiently multicasting layered video services by defining a novel optimization paradigm that is based on an Unequal Error Protection implementation of Random Linear Network Coding, and aims to ensure target service coverages by using a limited amount of radio resources.