Random Access With Physical-Layer Network Coding

Seek and decode: Random access with physical-layer network coding and multiuser detection

We present a novel cross layer approach to random access (RA) that combines physical-layer network coding (PLNC) with multiuser detection (MUD). PLNC and MUD are applied jointly at the physical level in order to extract any linear combination of messages experiencing a collision. The set of combinations extracted from a whole frame is then processed by the receiver to recover the original packe...

Physical Layer Network Coding

A main distinguishing feature of a wireless network compared with a wired network is its broadcast nature, in which the signal transmitted by a node may reach several other nodes, and a node may receive signals from several other nodes simultaneously. Rather than a blessing, this feature is treated more as an interference-inducing nuisance in most wireless networks today (e.g., IEEE 802.11). Th...

NCSA: A New Protocol for Random Multiple Access Based on Physical Layer Network Coding

This paper introduces a random multiple access method for satellite communications, named Network Codingbased Slotted Aloha (NCSA). The goal is to improve diversity of data bursts on a slotted-ALOHA-like channel thanks to error correcting codes and Physical-layer Network Coding (PNC). This scheme can be considered as a generalization of the Contention Resolution Diversity Slotted Aloha (CRDSA) ...

Orthogonal Physical Layer Network Coding

Algebraic Approach to Physical-Layer Network Coding

The problem of designing physical-layer network coding (PNC) schemes via nested lattices is considered. Building on the compute-and-forward (C&F) relaying strategy of Nazer and Gastpar, who demonstrated its asymptotic gain using information-theoretic tools, an algebraic approach is taken to show its potential in practical, non-asymptotic, settings. A general framework is developed for studying ...