Wireless Physical Layer Network Coding

Discover a fresh approach for designing more efficient and cooperative wireless communications networks with this systematic guide. Covering everything from fundamental theory to current research topics, leading researchers describe a new, network-aware coding strategy that exploits the signal interactions that occur in dense wireless networks directly at the waveform level. Using an easy-to-follow, layered structure, this unique text begins with a gentle introduction for those new to the subject, before moving on to explain key information-theoretic principles and establish a consistent framework for wireless physical layer network coding (WPNC) strategies. It provides a detailed treatment of Network Coded Modulation, covers a range of WPNC techniques such as Noisy Network Coding, Compute and Forward, and Hierarchical Decode and Forward, and explains how WPNC can be applied to parametric fading channels, frequency selective channels, and complex stochastic networks. This is essential reading whether you are a researcher, graduate student, or professional engineer.

Table of Contents

Part I Motivation and Gentle Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Wireless Physical Layer Network Coding: A Gentle Introduction

Part II Fundamental Principles of WPNC
Chapter 3 Fundamental Principles And System Model
Chapter 4 Components Of Wpnc
Chapter 5 Wpnc In Cloud Communications

Part III Design of Source, Relay, and Destination Strategies
Chapter 6 Ncm And Hierarchical Decoding Design For H-Mac
Chapter 7 Ncm Design And Processing For Parametric Channels
Chapter 8 Ncm Design For Partial Hsi And Asymmetric H-Mac
Chapter 9 Joint Hierarchical Interference Processing
Chapter 10 Wpnc In Complex Stochastic Networks

Appendix A Background Theory and Selected Fundamentals