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Network Coding Function Virtualization
draft-vazquez-nfvrg-netcod-function-virtualization-02

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors M.A. Vazquez-Castro , Tan Do-Duy , Simon Pietro Romano , Antonia Maria Tulino
Last updated 2018-05-20 (Latest revision 2017-11-16)
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Abstract

This document describes network coding as a network function. It also describes how a network coding function can be virtualized and integrated with virtual network functions architectures. The network coding function is not a traditionally implemented network function in dedicated hardware as those that have triggered network function virtualization. It refers to a novel network functionality that generalizes classic packet-level end-to-end coding. Classic packet- level end-to-end coding helps in the provision of quality of service by trading off delay and reliability. Network coding goes beyond that by enabling in-network optimized re-encoding, which can provide both throughput gains and diverse network-controlled degrees of reliability. Consequently, a virtualized network coding function can serve as a flow engineering tool over virtualized networks (e.g. over network slices).

Authors

M.A. Vazquez-Castro
Tan Do-Duy
Simon Pietro Romano
Antonia Maria Tulino

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