BATS Coding Scheme for Multi-hop Data Transport
draft-yang-nwcrg-bats-04
Internet Engineering Task Force S. Yang
Internet-Draft CUHK(SZ)
Intended status: Informational X. Huang
Expires: May 20, 2021 R.W. Yeung
CUHK
J.K. Zao
NCTU
November 16, 2020
BATS Coding Scheme for Multi-hop Data Transport
draft-yang-nwcrg-bats-04
Abstract
This document describes a BATS coding scheme for communication
through multi-hop networks. BATS code is a class of efficient linear
network coding scheme with a matrix generalization of fountain codes
as the outer code, and batch-based linear network coding as the inner
code.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. Data Delivery Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.1. Source Node Data Partitioning and Padding . . . . . . 5
2.2.2. Source Node Outer Code Encoding Procedure . . . . . . 6
2.2.3. Recoding Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.4. Destination Node Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3. Recommendation for the Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4. Example DDP Packet Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4.1. Packet Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4.2. Packet Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.4.3. Packet Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3. BATS Code Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1. Common Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2. Outer Code Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3. Inner Code Encoder (Recoder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.4. Belief Propagation Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.1. Provision of Confidentiality Protection . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2. Countermeasures against Pollution Attacks . . . . . . . . 15
6. Data Delivery Protocol Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appendix A. Additional Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1. Introduction
This document specifies a BATS code [BATS] scheme for data delivery
in multi-hop networks. The BATS code described here includes an
outer code and an inner code. The outer code is a matrix
generalization of fountain codes (see also the RapterQ code described
in RFC 6330 [RFC6330]), which inherits the advantages of reliability
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