Weight Pick: an efficient packet selection algorithm for network coding based multicast retransmission in mobile communication networks

Authors:
Qiang Hu;Jun Zheng
Affiliations:
National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, China 210096 and State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, Xi'an, China 710071;National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, China 210096
Venue:
Wireless Networks
Year:
2013

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Abstract

This paper proposes an efficient packet selection algorithm, called Weight Pick, for improving the efficiency of a network coding based multicast retransmission protocol in mobile communication networks. Unlike existing packet selection algorithms, Weight Pick introduces the concept of a dynamic combination number in performing network coding. Based on this concept, a base station dynamically determines the number of packets combined or encoded in a retransmission packet based on the current packet receiving status of users and the combination number for each retransmission packet can be different. In packet selection, Weight Pick attempts to find an encoding combination whose weight is not less than (C 驴 1) for every user, where C is the combination number of that retransmission packet. Simulation results show that Weight Pick can significantly improve the retransmission performance as compared with existing packet selection algorithms in terms of both packet loss ratio and packet transmission delay.