We introduce Fulcrum, a network coding framework that achieves three seemingly
conflicting objectives: 1) to reduce the coding coefficient overhead down to nearly n bits per …

Future communication systems, such as those enabling the Tactile Internet, will face
disruptive changes compared to the state-of-the-art systems, which are 1) highly dynamic …

Establishing reliable and efficient multicast services in heterogeneous networks under an
erasure channel is one of the current priorities in coding theory, particularly in Network …

Reliable and effective forward error correction is challenging, especially in a heterogeneous
transmission environment, due to the differences in computation capabilities of end devices …

Although Network Coding (NC) has been proven to increase throughput and reliability in
communication networks, its adoption is typically hindered by the additional complexity it …

Fulcrum codes, a variant of random linear network coding (RLNC), especially designed for
heterogeneous environment. A Fulcrum encoder combines two codes operating on both …

Real-world communication systems consist of heterogeneous devices and network nodes
with diverse computation capabilities. Even though it can improve the system's throughput …

We formalize and evaluate an adaptation of the Middleware Fulcrum coding scheme,
developed under a Fog computing architecture, for 5G-IoT mobile devices. This adaptation …

The proposed architecture defines an adaptation of the Fulcrum coding system towards a
Fog computing architecture. The distributed coding scheme allows the adjustment of the …

Fulcrum combines two encoding stages, first using one high Galois field, such as GF (2 (Exp
8)) and then with the binary Galois field GF (2). This allows intermediate and end devices …