Title
On the switching gap of ahlswede-Cai-Li-Yeung's single-source multicast network
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-1-2006
Abstract
Ahlswede, Cai, Li, and Yeung have proposed a new paradigm of network coding in multicast networks. They demonstrated that network coding can achieve the maximum information flow in the single-source multicast networks beyond the conventional network switching. A basic problem arising here is that, for a given single-source multicast network, what is the switching gap of the network defined as the ratio of the maximum information flow in the multicast network with network coding to that only with network switching. In this brief, we investigate the maximum possible switching gap of Ahlswede-Cai-Li-Yeung's single-source multicast network and find some condition, in terms of the capacity of links, under which Ahlswede-Cai-Li-Yeung's network has the minimum possible switching gap of one. © 2006 IEEE.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
First Page
1344
Last Page
1348
Recommended Citation
Liang, X. (2006). On the switching gap of ahlswede-Cai-Li-Yeung's single-source multicast network. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings, 1344-1348. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIT.2006.262045