Fountain codes and their application to broadcasting in underwater networks: Performance modeling and relevant tradeoffs

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 11-18

  Casari, Paolo ^a   Rossi, Michele ^a   Zorzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broadcast; Fountain codes; Hybrid ARQ; Modeling; Performance investigation; Underwater acoustic networks

Indexed keywords

BROADCAST; FOUNTAIN CODES; HYBRID ARQ; MODELING; PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC NETWORKS;

ACOUSTICS; BROADCASTING; DECODING; FOUNTAINS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 60349086182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1410107.1410111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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