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Project: ICT COST Action IC1104 - Random Network Coding and Designs over GF(q)

Acronym: COST IC1104
Main Objective:
Random network coding emerged through an award-winning paper by R. Koetter and F. Kschischang in 2008 and has since then opened a major research area in communication technology with widespread applications for communication networks like the internet, wireless communication systems, and cloud computing. It allows transmitting information through a network by disregarding any of its topological features. As in traditional algebraic coding theory, two main research directions in random network coding are:
1- existence and construction of good and optimal network codes,
2- efficient encoding and decoding schemes for a given network code.
Restriction to the so-called Grassmannian codes has proven to be advantageous and leads to the theory of designs over GF(q). Worldwide, there exists a larger number of workgroups focusing on this topic, which includes several groups located in Europe. This COST Action will set up a European research network and establish network coding as a European core area in communication technology. Its aim is to bring together experts from pure and applied mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering, who are working in the areas of discrete mathematics, coding theory, information theory, and related fields.
Reference: IC1104
Funding: EU/COST
Start Date: 01-04-2012
End Date: 01-05-2016
Team: Francisco Antonio Taveira Branco Nunes Monteiro
Groups: Radio Systems – Lx
Partners: Consortium of Several Other European Universities, Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto
Local Coordinator: Francisco Antonio Taveira Branco Nunes Monteiro
Links: http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/ict/Actions/IC1104

Associated Publications
  • 2Papers in Journals
  • J. S. Lemos, F. A. Monteiro, I. Sousa, F. E. Ennes Ferreira, Efficient Message Exchange Protocols Exploiting State-of-the-art PHY Layer, Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Vol. 2017, No. 92, pp. 1 - 14, May, 2017,
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  • F. A. Monteiro, A Burr, I. Chatzigeorgiou, C. Hollanti, I. Krikidis, H. Seferoglu, V. Skachek, Editorial: Special Issue on Network Coding, Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Vol. 2017, No. 29, pp. 1 - 3, April, 2017,
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  • 3Papers in Conferences
  • J. S. Lemos, F. A. Monteiro, Full-Duplex Massive MIMO with Physical Layer Network Coding for the Two-Way Relay Channel, IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing - SAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 5, July, 2016,
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  • F. E. Ferreira, F. A. Monteiro, I. Sousa, Full-Duplex MIMO and PLNC for the Y-Network, IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON, Limassol, Cyprus, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 5, April, 2016,
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  • F. S. Bráz, F. E. Ferreira, F. A. Monteiro, A. J. Rodrigues, Interference Suppression with Physical-Layer Network Coding and MIMO for Multi-Way Channels, IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems - SiPS, Belfast, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2014,
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