Instantly decodable network coding protocols with unequal error protection

This work aims at introducing two novel packet retransmission techniques for reliable multicast in the framework of Instantly Decodable Network Coding (IDNC). These methods are suitable for order- and delay-sensitive applications, where some information is of high importance for an earlier gain at the receiver's side. We introduce hence an Unequal Error Protection (UEP) scheme, showing by simulations that the Quality of Experience (QoE) for the end-users is improved even without complex encoding and decoding.

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