Reliable distribution of electronic media in vehicular networks based on fountain codes

Distribution of electronic media to cars plays a key role when it comes to the deployment of car-to-infrastructure communications. Like in other point-to-multipoint systems, the application of fountain codes is highly promising. In this paper, we investigate the applicability of fountain codes in an infrastructure-based automotive communication system and introduce an expedient method to design such a system. By means of system simulations we compare its performance with respect to a data carousel.

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