Online fountain code with an improved caching mechanism

Abstract The original online fountain codes discard a large number of symbols that do not meet the requirements at the decoder. To improve channel utilization, this article proposes a new online fountain code. In the completion phase, the proposed code improves the receiving rules of encoded symbols...

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Main Authors: Yin Zhang, Zhen Zhen, Yuli Zhao, Francis C. M. Lau, Bochang Ma, Bin Zhang, Hai Yu, Zhiliang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
Series:IET Communications
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/cmu2.12868
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Summary:Abstract The original online fountain codes discard a large number of symbols that do not meet the requirements at the decoder. To improve channel utilization, this article proposes a new online fountain code. In the completion phase, the proposed code improves the receiving rules of encoded symbols, that is, the encoded symbols discarded in the original online fountain codes are selectively cached. Moreover, an optimal degree selection strategy of encoded symbols is obtained in the proposed scheme. The valid degree range of the proposed strategy is also analyzed, leading to an upper bound of cached events which eventually limits the number of feedbacks. The theoretical analysis and simulation results reveal that the proposed scheme outperforms two state‐of‐the‐art online fountain codes in terms of overhead factors, number of feedback transmissions, and encoding/decoding efficiency.
ISSN:1751-8628
1751-8636