Real-time power-aware network coding on multimedia smart devices

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The growing popularity of mobile devices that feature large colour LCD displays and computationally powerful processors has opened up new opportunities to support data streaming on such devices, from real-time stock quotes with low bit rates, to full-screen high-quality live multimedia. At the same time, the emergence of next-generation 4G wireless communication technologies have made it feasible to stream and playback multimedia content on smart devices with exceptional quality. Imagine the possibility of a sports fan watching a live show of her favorite game on her HTC Touch in the subway; a business analyst receiving real-time streaming quotes of major markets in the world on her Blackberry; or a university student reviewing a video podcast of his lectures using his iPhone in the library. This strategic project seeks to investigate the use of a powerful information theoretic technique, called network coding, in smart devices, with an objective of supporting the next generation of multimedia streaming applications. By taking full advantage of the power of network coding and mitigating its drawbacks, our solutions will be able to deliver information streams to smart devices on time, reliably, and cost-effectively.