The problem is to characterize the admissible coding. We assume that the information sources are mutually independent. Applications of fundamental topics of information theory include lossless data compression e. Pdf information theory and network coding download ebook.
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The surprising fact that coding at the intermediate nodes can improve the throughput when an information source is multicast in a pointtopoint network is explained. Yeung this book contains a thorough discussion of the classical topics in information theory together with the first comprehensive treatment of network coding, a subject first emerged under information theory in the mid 1990s that has now diffused into coding theory, computer networks, wireless communications, complexity theory, cryptography, graph theory. Components of information theory and fundamentals of network coding theory. Yeung and others published network coding theory find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The main reason why the book is in the present form is because in my opinion, the discussion of network coding in part ii is incomplete without part i. Part i is a rigorous treatment of information theory.
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Consider a communication network in which certain source nodes multicast information to other nodes on the network in the multihop fashion where every node can pass on any of its received data to others. Network coding is a field of research founded in a series of papers from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Proving and disproving information inequalities siuwai ho, chee wei tany, and raymond w. Tutorial entitled multisource network coding at 2010 information theory and.
We introduce a new class of problems called network information flow which is inspired by computer network applications. This book and its predecessor, a first course in information theory. Annotation network coding theory provides a tutorial on the basic of network coding theory. Yeung, 9781441946300, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Information theory and network coding book summary. This book is an evolution from my book a first course in information theory published in 2002 when network coding. Information theory and network coding is for senior undergraduate and graduate students in electrical engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics. This book provides an uptodate introduction to information theory. This book is intended to introduce coding theory and information theory to undergraduate students of mathematics and computer science. Includes bibliographic data, information about the author of the ebook, description of the ebook and other if such information.
The lectures are based on the first 11 chapters of prof. He was a consultant in a project of jet propulsion laboratory for salvaging the malfunctioning galileo spacecraft. A first course in information theory is an uptodate introduction to information theory. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Information theory and network coding by raymond w. In addition to the classical topics discussed, it provides the first comprehensive treatment of the theory of imeasure, network coding theory, shannon and nonshannon type information inequalities, and a relation between entropy and group theory. Raymond yeungs textbook entitled information theory and network coding springer 2008. Download pdf information theory and network coding free. This book is an evolution from my book a first course in information theory published in 2002 when network coding was still at its infancy. Foundations and trends in communications and information theory 2 5.