Network coding in optical communication systems represents an evolution beyond traditional store-and-forward or optical-bypass architectures, using algebraic combinations of optical signals to improve ...

Network coding is one of those technologies I keep thinking could really take off. For the uninitiated, network coding enables routers not to just hand off packets but to mathematically combine them ...

An advanced technology called network coding is hidden away in the labs at some vendors as they figure out what to do with it. But Microsoft already has a working network coding prototype. Its ...