A compact genetic algorithm for the network coding based resource minimization problem

摘要

In network coding based data transmission, intermediate nodes in the network are allowed to perform mathematical operations to recombine (code) data packets received from different incoming links. Such coding operations incur additional computational overhead and consume public resources such as buffering and computational resource within the network. Therefore, the amount of coding operations is expected to be minimized so that more public resources are left for other network applications.