Raymond yeung s textbook entitled information theory and network coding. His research interest is in information theory and network coding. First course in information theory av raymond w yeung ebok. Consider a pointtopoint communication network on which a number of information. Consider a pointtopoint communication network on which a number of information sources are to be multicast to certain sets of destinations.
Chapter 11 is an introduction to network coding theory. Inthisnetwork,wewanttomulticast two bits and from the source to both the nodes and. Information theory and network coding is for senior undergraduate and graduate students in electrical engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics. This work can also be used as a reference for professional engineers in the area of communications. Yeung information theory and network coding spin springers internal project number, if known november 15, 2007 springer to my parents and my family preface cover and thomas wrote a book on information theory. The lectures of this course are based on the first 11 chapters of prof. Download and save all data of information theory and network coding book in one free pdf file. With its root in infor tion theory, network coding has not only brought about a paradigm shift in the last few years have witnessed the rapid development of network coding into a research. Yeung received the bs, meng and phd degrees in electrical. Annotation network coding theory provides a tutorial on the basic of network coding theory. Download this book provides an uptodate introduction to information theory.
Pdf information theory and network coding download ebook. Yeung this book contains a thorough discussion of the classical topics in information theory together with the first comprehensive treatment of network coding, a subject first emerged under information theory in the mid 1990s that has now diffused into coding theory, computer networks, wireless communications, complexity theory, cryptography, graph theory. This book is an evolution from my book a first course in information theory published in 2002 when network coding. We assume that the information sources are mutually independent. Storeandforward had been the predominant technique for transmitting information through a network until its optimality was refuted by network coding theory. Pdf network coding theory download read online free. Read book applied coding information theory for engineers applied coding information theory for engineers. This book contains a thorough discussion of the classical topics in information theory together with the first comprehensive treatment of network coding, a subject first emerged under information theory in the mid 1990s that has now diffused into coding theory, computer networks, wireless communications, complexity theory, cryptography, graph theory. The lectures are based on the first 11 chapters of prof. The main reason why the book is in the present form is because in my opinion, the discussion of network coding in part ii is incomplete without part i. Click download or read online button to get network coding theory book now. Yeung, 9781441946300, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Applications of fundamental topics of information theory include lossless data compression e. This book provides an uptodate introduction to information theory.
Yeung and shenghao yang bats codes theory and practice 2018 isit tutorial vail, co 61718 bats codes. This book is intended to introduce coding theory and information theory to undergraduate students of mathematics and computer science. Proving and disproving information inequalities siuwai ho, chee wei tany, and raymond w. Components of information theory, and fundamentals of network coding theory. Pdf elements of information theory download full pdf. Yeung information theory and network coding spin springers internal project number, if known may 31, 2008. Network coding is a field of information and coding theory and is a method of attaining maximum information flow in a network. Consider a communication network in which certain source nodes multicast information to other nodes on the network in the multihop fashion where every node can pass on any of its received data to others. Raymond yeungs textbook entitled information theory and network coding springer 2008. Yeung, senior member, ieee abstract we introduce a new class of problems called network information flow which is inspired by computer network applications. The surprising fact that coding at the intermediate nodes can improve the throughput when an information source is multicast in a pointtopoint network is explained. Information theory and network coding consists of two parts. Information technology transmission processing and storage.
Information theory and network coding information technology. Part i is a rigorous treatment of information theory for discrete and continuous systems. However, the concept of network coding, in particular linear network coding, appeared much earlier. Pdf information theory and network coding download full.
Transmission, processing and storage 9780387792330. He is the author of the textbooks a first course in information theory kluwer academicplenum, 2002 and its revision information theory and network coding. Foundations and trends in communications and information theory 2 5. Part i is a rigorous treatment of information theory. We are interested in how fast each node can receive the complete information, or equivalently, what the information. Information theory and network coding book summary. With its root in infor tion theory, network coding has not only brought about a paradigm shift in network.
This book and its predecessor, a first course in information theory kluwer 2002, essentially the first edition of the 2008 book, have been adopted by over 80 universities around the world. Let us now illustrate network coding by considering the communication networkdepictedbyfig. In addition to the classical topics discussed, it provides the first comprehensive treatment of the theory of imeasure, network coding theory, shannon and nonshannon type information inequalities, and a relation between entropy and group theory. Information theory and network coding springerlink. Nevertheless, except for chapter 21 on multisource network coding, part ii by itself may be used satisfactorily as a textbook on singlesource network coding. Network coding theory download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Yeung is a member of the board of governors of the ieee information theory. Raymond wai ho yeung department of information engineering the chinese university of hong kong n. A first course in information theory is an uptodate introduction to information theory. Information theory and network coding pdf free download. Yeung this book contains a thorough discussion of the classical topics in information theory together with the first comprehensive treatment of network coding, a subject first emerged under information theory in the mid 1990s that has now diffused into coding theory, computer networks, wireless communications, complexity theory, cryptography, graph theory, etc. Download pdf a first course in information theory free.
We introduce a new class of problems called network information flow which is inspired by computer network applications. This book is an evolution from my book a first course in information theory published in 2002 when network coding was still at its infancy. He was a consultant in a project of jet propulsion laboratory for salvaging the malfunctioning galileo spacecraft. Learn information theory from the chinese university of hong kong. Information theory and network coding by raymond w. The maxow bound for network coding with a single information source is explained in detail. Components of information theory and fundamentals of network coding theory. His research interests include information theory and network coding. Tutorial entitled multisource network coding at 2010 information theory and. Download now this book provides an uptodate introduction to information theory.
The problem is to characterize the admissible coding. This book is an ideal introduction for the communications and network engineer, working in research and development, who needs an intuitive introduction to network coding. The last few years have witnessed the rapid development of network coding into a research. Information theory and network coding download pdf file. Network information theory download ebook pdf, epub. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Network coding is a field of research founded in a series of papers from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Yeung and others published network coding theory find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Consider a pointtopoint communication network on which a number of information sources are to be mulitcast to certain sets of destinations. This book and its predecessor, a first course in information theory. This work can also be used as a reference for professional engineers. Click download or read online button to get network information theory.
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