N-Crave

A STREP Project - FP7 - INFSO - ICT - 215252

IST N-CRAVE - Network Coding for Robust Architectures in Volatile Environments

The simple, yet disruptive idea of Network Coding (NC) is that nodes will no more only forward but also process and mix the incoming independent information flows. The revolutionary paradigm has the potential of realizing multi-fold performance gains. It is thus expected to change the way we perceive, architect, organize and control networks and foretells deep impact in a wide range of areas such as network topology formation, error resilience, resource sharing, flow control interactions, and tasks such as content delivery, network monitoring and security.
N-CRAVE project aims to exploit NC to enhance the capacity and the robustness of wireless networks. The scientific objectives of N-CRAVE are focused around the following key challenges:

Deliver a proof-of-concept for NC as a major enabler in dynamic wireless network environments with multiple communicating peers, where robustness is a key challenge;
Exploit the inherent robustness of NC for the design of complexity-aware communication protocols capable of performing reliably under a wide range of medium access, network optimization and security constraints;
Develop peer-to-peer profiles and solutions under the network coding paradigm with particular emphasis on application-driven performance metrics, such as quality of service, delay-sensitivity and fairness.

To this end, N-CRAVE is structured around

utilizing and optimally exploiting the inherent benefits of network coding such as robustness to variations, error resilience and ramifications in security to guide the design of a novel networked architecture,
building key components of the protocol stack by introducing innovative optimized mechanisms for information transport, flow control and content distribution.

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