MIT, California Institute of Technology, University of Technology in Munich researchers join forces on network coding work
(Graphic: Christine Daniloff, via MIT)
Researchers from MIT, California Institute of Technology and University of Technology in Munich are putting network coding and error-correction coding to use in an effort to measure capacity of wired, and more challengingly, even small wireless networks (read their paper here for the gorey details).
The researchers have figured out a way to gauge the upper and lower bounds of capacity in a wireless network. Such understanding could enable enterprises and service providers to design more efficient networks regardless of how much noise is on them (and wireless networks can get pretty darn noisy).
More details from MIT press office.
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