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

配备大屏幕彩色LCD显示屏和计算能力强大的处理器的移动设备日益流行，为支持此类设备上的数据流提供了新的机会，从低比特率的实时股票报价，到全屏高质量的实时多媒体。与此同时，下一代4G无线通信技术的出现使在智能设备上以优异的质量流媒体和播放多媒体内容成为可能。想象一下，一个体育迷在地铁上通过HTC Touch观看她最喜欢的比赛的现场直播；一个商业分析师通过她的黑莓手机接收世界主要市场的实时流媒体报价；或者一个大学生在图书馆用iPhone查看他演讲的视频播客。这一战略项目旨在研究一种名为网络编码的强大信息理论技术在智能设备中的使用，目标是支持下一代多媒体流应用。通过充分利用网络编码的能力并缓解其缺点，我们的解决方案将能够及时、可靠和经济高效地向智能设备提供信息流。

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.