The improvement of end to end delays in network management system using network coding

International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) Vol.5, No.6, November 2013

THE IMPROVEMENT OF END TO END DELAYS IN
NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMUSING
NETWORKCODING
El Miloud AR REYOUCHI1, Kamal Ghoumid1,2Koutaiba Ameziane1,and Otman
El Mrabet1
1

2

Department of physique, faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan,
Morroco.

Department of Electronics, Informatics and Telecommunications, ENSAO, Mohammed
I University, Oujda, Morocco.

ABSTRACT
In this paper, we consider the application of network coding(NC) for network management system of
Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations in wireless network using a narrow band radios modem
&Routers ) as a means of transmission to communicate between the loins broadcast TV/FM stations . Our
main contribution is the application of NCimproved by the proposed an effective strategy,called Fast
Forwarding Strategy (FFS) compared to a classical routing strategy with a level of providing guarantees of
service quality (QoS) expressed in terms of reducing the End-to-End Delays (EED) from source to
destination.The practical and theoretical study, carried out by the authors, show that the EED of proposed
strategy outperforms that of the classical strategy.

KEYWORDS
Network Coding, Narrowband RF Networks, Delay, Encoding Strategy, Node Coding, Routing, Network
computing

1. INTRODUCTION
Network delay is a performance characteristic of a computer network, telecommunications
network or a network management system,which is essential to provide integrated broadcast
solutions. The delay of a network specifies how long it takes for a bit of data to travel across the
network from one node or endpoint to another. It is typically measured in multiples or fractions of
seconds.
Network coding is a recently introduced paradigm for data dissemination in wireless networks
able to increase throughput, reduce end-to-end delays, and enhance robustness
The benefits of network coding have been presented in various contexts. The authors of [1] have
shown that a gain in speed and bandwidth can be obtained by using the coding system instead of
traditional routing. In [2], two evaluations of the benefits of network coding are shown which can
help to save bandwidth through the coding of information [3].
Several advantages of network coding are illustrated in an example given in [3] where one can see
that the multicast transmission rate in the case of network coding is considerably larger than the
transmission rate of multicast case of traditional routing.
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The coding system is not only used to save bandwidth and increase throughput[4]but it can also
be useful for the robustness of the networkand performed End to End Delays , especially when
the links in the networks fail, such as in wireless networks.
Another advantage of Network Coding in wireless networks is the possibility of reducing the
amount of energy per bit, or in other words, the possibility of reducing the use of network
resources compared to traditional routing solutions [5] [6] [7].
In addition, the advantage of coding network to access and store large files in peer-to-peer has
been presented in [8]. It is shown that network coding can obtain a gain of about 10 times (with
the use of codes) that with the transmission of information not encoded.
Therefore the codification of network can ameliorate considerably the bit rat, robustness,
complicacy and the security of a network. [9][10][11].
In contrast to the store and forward paradigm, network coding implements a more complex store,
encode, and forward approach where each node stores the incoming packets in its own buffer, and
successively sends a combination of the stored data.
In view of the above explanation, we can see that network coding has various parameters: the
manner to combine packets, the size of the base of the vector space of coefficients, the number of
packets to be combined, etc...
However, reducing the number of packets to combine decreases the gains of network coding in
terms of robustness and throughput, increase engenders a long delay in the application layer.
The maximum delay generated this strategy was evaluated at a node coding using the network
calculus [12] [13].
The different guarantees and constraints characterizing the network and the flows can be
represented by using the network calculus framework [13] which allows the computation of upper
bounds in terms of delays, throughput or buffer sizing.
The narrow band and the wide band microwaves amplifiers are very used in the communication
and detection systems (spatial telecommunication, radio communication, radar detection, control
system …) [14].
We will measure End to End delay versus throughput for incoming flow / total network capacity,
in Narrowband RF wireless network for management of TV and FM broadcast stations from
source to destination, using Radio modem &Router unit as a means of wireless communication
[15].
On the other hand, End-to-end delay is a key metric in evaluating the performance of networks as
well as the quality of service perceived by end users.
So, we will apply an encoding strategy presented in [16] called Fast Forwarding Strategy for
implementation of the End to End Delay. We use the concept of code block. Its main feature is
that packets are allowed to leave the encoding nodes even if all this block via this node packages
have not yet reached this node. This approach can reduce unnecessary wait times of packets in the
routers. Finally, by way of comparison, the classical strategy to routing / multiplexing is also
discussed in this paper.
This paper is arranged into seven sections including introduction. Section 2 gives a main of
objectives of our experiment. Section 3 gives overview of Network calculus theory. Section 4
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gives overview of the end to end delay .Section 5 describes the communication Network and the
two strategies applied in this paper. Section 6 describes the experimental setup used to prove this
relationship and real time hardware simulation results are presented. Conclusion and future works
are presented in Section 7.

2. OBJECTIVE
The broadcasting TV/FM stations in rural mountainous are often located in sites of high altitude
and the access is very difficult and sometimes inaccessible (during the bad weather) which has a
high error rate.
In the case of a failure we do not know at what level to find the failure, in order to prepare the
order
mission, in addition, these stations are isolated; their operation is not monitored nor operates or
has remote control.
The goal of our application, in this paper , is to decrease worst case end to end delays (between
source and destination) to better communicate with the broadcasting TV / FM station in order to
ination)
conduct of the interrogation, operation, monitoring and remote management using Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and a type of propagation line of Line of sight (Lo
(LoS),and
this will be accomplished with a new mode of data transfer in which the node of network can
accomplish operations of codification on the data of a packet (Network coding).
The improvement of end to end delays (One of the advantages of network coding) between the
coding)
source node (station) and the node destination (see figure1) be practiced in wirelessnetwork [
[15]
using the characteristics of propagation network Narrow band radio modem & Router transceivers
using random network coding, to manager devices, equipment, TV / FM stations i.e transmitter
i.e.:
TV / FM, satellite receiver multiplexers, inverters, energy parameters etc..(See figure 2)
etc..

Figure 1.Network with multiple levels of coding / multiplexing
Network

Thecontrol hardware (Server, client and practical application execution)at the station S5 is shown
at
in Figure 2(Left).The real interface of application (of power studio SCADA Software,
.The
CIRCUTOR) is shown in figure 2(Right) ,from this interface we can control all the equipment
station S5, namely diffusion (transmitter DVB-T/FM ..), transmission (SDH / PDH ..), energy
ely
DVB T/FM
(UPS , MT/Transformer ) well as locals(Fig 2 Right).

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Figure 2 .(Left) : Control Hardware of broadcasting TV/FM Station S5 (Destinationstation “Palomas”) see
figure 1 and 6. (Right): Real Interface

3. NETWORK CALCULUS THEORY.
3.1. Notation
We ﬁrst introduce the notations shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Notations

Parameters
R(t)
α
β
F
⊗
σ
Rout
γr,b(t)

Notation
cumulative function
Stochastic arrival curve
Stochastic service curve
Data stream
min-plus convolution
regulation curve
output flow
affine functions γr,b(t)

3.2. Network Calculus (NC)
Network Calculus (NC) can be defined as a set of rules and results that can be used to compute
bounds of performance parameters of communication networks. The most common parameters of
interest are: end-to-end delay; maximum/minimum transmission rates and buffer usage.
NC is based on the idea that a detailed analysis of traffic flows is not required in order to specify a
network performance, if the following conditions are satisfied:

•
•

Input flows have limited burstiness.
Some service guarantee is provided.

The above conditions define a minimum system for the NC (Figure 3):

•
•

A filter to limit (or shape) the input traffic;
A network that can offer some service guarantee.

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Figure3.A minimum system for the NC.
Figure

Network calculus is a theory that studies the relations between rows of data in a network. The
movements of data are described by cumulative functions R(t) which counts the amount of data
that arrives/departs from a network element up to time t.
A second type of functions that is used in network calculus is the arrival and service curves.
These functions give some constraints to shape cumulative arrival in a server or to guaranty a
minimal service of a server. These functions are used for computing worst-case delay bound.
worst case
In fact, Network Calculus is a framework providing deterministic bounds to end-to
end to-end delays,
backlogs and other QoS parameters by using the Min-Plus algebra. This theory was introduced
Plus
and developed by Le Boudec and Thiran in [17] by generalizing previous works such as [1
[ ]
[18][19].
The following definitions and results are extracted from [17] where a detailed presentation of this
[ ]
theory can be found.
1) A data stream F transmitted on a link can be described by the cumulative function R(t), such
R
that for any y > x, R(y) − R(x) is the quantity of data transmitted on this link during the time
)
interval [x, y].
2) Let F be a data stream with cumulative function R(t). We say that an increasing function αis an
).
arrival curve of F (or equivalently f) if for any 0 ≤ t1≤ t2, R(t2)−R(t1) ≤ α(t2− t1). A common class
.
of arrival curves are the affine functions γr,b(t) =rt +b for t >0 and 0 otherwise. The curve γr,b(t)
0
represents the arrival curve of the leaky bucket controller with leak rate r and bucket size b.
3) The min-plus convolution of two functions X and Y is defined as X(t) ⊗Y (t) = inf0≤s≤t(X(s) + Y
plus
(t − s))It can be shown that αis an arrival curve of R if and only if R ≤ R ⊗α.
is
4) Let Routbe the output flow of a node with one input flow R. We say that the node offers a
.
service curve β (t) to R if for any t >0, Rout(t) ≥ R(t) ⊗β(t).
5) Assume that a flow R(t), constrained by an arrival curve α(t) traverses a system offering a
),
)
service curve of β. The output flow Routis constrained by the arrival curve α⊘β, where α⊘β
.
,
= supv≥0 {α (t + v) − β (v)} .
6) The Burst Delay Service curve δTis equal to ∞ if
t >T and 0 else.
7) The rate latency service curve βR,T = R[t − T]+ is equal to R(t − T) if t > T and 0 else.
8) The backlog of a flow R in the node at the time t is the amount of data «in transit” in the node.
This backlog, defined as R(t) − Rout(t) for all t, satisfies . R(t ) − R out (t ) ≤ sup > 0{α (s ) − β (s)}

4. END -TO -END DELAY
It is easy to see that when a flow passes through coding nodes, it may become coupled with other
flows after coding. To avoid the problem caused by flow coupling, a straightforward end
end-to-end
delay analysis is to use the node-by-node analysis approach [20].
Nevertheless, node-by-node analysis will result in a loose bound [20, 21] scaling in O(n2 log n),
node
[
]
where n is the number of nodes along an end-to-end path. In contrast, the end-to-end delay bound
end
end
derived from the concatenation property is much tighter and scales in O(n log n) [20,21]. It is
enation
[
clear that we can-not directly use the property of node concatenation [21] to calculate the service
not
[ ]
of servers in tandem, because of the flow coupling along the path. Can we avoid the coupling
problem without the sacrifice of the scaling property of end
end-to-end delay bound?
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The answer is positive due to the following theorem. We use Si to denote a virtual server and
Ai j , j = 1,...., mi , to denote the input flows to the server, where mi denotes the number of input
links to S i .
Theorem 1 (Ultimate Output Characterization) Consider an input flow A11 passing through an
end-to-end path, which consists of n virtual servers, Si , i = 1,...., n , in tandem. Assume that the
output flow of A11 , Ai∗ = Ai1+1 , i = 1,...., n − 1 . For a virtual server S i , if the number of its input links,
mi , is larger than 1, there may exist other input flows Ai j , j = 2,...., mi , that are coded together with

the flow Ai1 , according to a network code. Assume that Ai j , j = 1,...., mi has a stochastic arrival curve
Ai j ~ mb < f i j α i j > . Assume that S i provides to the input flows a stochastic service (including coding
*
and transmission) curve S i ~ SC < g i , β i > . The ultimate output flow An (t ) A_ n has an m.b.c.
*
stochastic arrival curve An (t ) ≈ mb f , α , where:

m1

∑

f ( x) = ((...((

m2

f1 j ) ⊗ g1 ) +

j =1

∑

mn

f 2j ) ⊗ g 2 + ... +

j =2

∑f

j
n ) ⊗ gn

j =2

1
m
m
α = (...((((α1V ...Vα1m1 ) ⊗ β1 )V ...Vα 2 2 ) ⊗ β 2 )V ...Vα n n ) ⊗ β n

Proof: We can use the following algorithm to calculate the arrival curve of the ultimate output.
Starting from the first virtual server, S1, we perform the following calculation:
• Step 1: We calculate the arrival curve of the output flow from current virtual server.
• Step 2: Move to the next virtual server along the path.
• Step 3: Repeat Step 1 until the output from the last virtual server is calculatedaftersimple
manipulation with the above algorithm,
1
1
Theorem 2 (End-to-End Delay) Consider an input flow A1 ~ mb < f11 , α 1 > passing through an endto-end path, which has the same settings as in Theorem 1. Assume that the ultimate output flow
A ∗ ~ mb < f , α > , where f and α can be obtained with Theorem 1.
Also assume that at the destination, the decoding service recovering the traffic belonging to A11
follows ~ sc < φ1(f),φ 2(α ) > , where φ1 and φ 2 are functions of f and α , respectively. The end-to-end

delay of A11 at time t satisfies: for all t ≥ 0 and all x ≥ 0,
1
Pr ob{D(t ) > h(α1 + x, φ2 (α ))} ≤ f11 ⊗ φ1 ( g )( x) , where h(α , β ) is the maximum horizontal distance
between functions α and β , which is defined as h(α , β ) = sup{inf { ≥ 0 : α ( s ) ≤ β ( s + τ )}} Remark:
τ
s ≥0

Although our calculation is node-by-node, the end-to-end delay bound is much tighter than that
obtained by the node-by-node analysis described in [7, 12]. This is because the node-by-node
analysis derives the delays at each individual server which are summed up as the end-to-end
delay. In contrast, our calculation has the same flavor as in the end-to-end delay analysis based on
the concatenation property [7, 12], which only considers the input and the ultimate output from
the system.

5. NETWORK
5.1. Communication Network
Consider a communication network represented by an acyclic directed graph G = (V, E), where V
is the set of network nodes and E is the set of directed links , between network nodes ,with a
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vertex set V = {v1,....., vm } and an edge set E. The directed edge connecting the node vi to the node v j
is denoted by ei, j .
We assume that all the nodes are synchronized. Each edge ei, j has a capacity Ci , j (bits/sec),
meaning that a packet of L bits is transmitted in at least L / Ci , j seconds. Since the system is
assumed to provide QoS guarantees, we consider that, for each edge ei , j , the maximum
transmission delay of a packet of L bits is known and equal to L / Ci , j + Ti , j = wi , j + Ti, j . In other
words, the edge ei , j has the rate latency service curve βCi , j ,Ti, j (t ) . We suppose that the capacity of
every output edge of a node is greater or equal than the sum of capacities of all input edges. This
hypothesis is used to be fair with the routing approach, but for network coding, it is sufficient to
have the output capacity greater than the maximum of the input capacities.
We define an oriented link between nodes vi to node v j by ei, j . Each link ei , j has a capacity Ci , j
(bits / sec), which means that a packet of L bits will be transmitted in L / Ci , j seconds, where L
denotes the packet length.
As the system must provide QoS guarantees, we consider that, for each link ei, j , the maximum of
a packet transmission delay of L bits is known and equal to L / Ci, j + Ti , j = wi , j + Ti, j .In other words,
the link ei , j a curve rate-latency service β Ci , j ,Ti, j (t ) . We assume that the capacity of the outgoing
link is greater than or equal to the maximum entry capacity. In other words, the ability of
outgoing link must withstand, without congestion, all flows of input links. Classically, with
network coding, just that outgoing link has a capacity of the order of the maximum throughput of
the input stream (ie d. Worst case, the outgoing link capacity must be greater than or capacity
equal to the maximum capacity of input links).
Flows generated by sources are composed of fixed-length packets L. They satisfy two constraints.
The first is related to the notion of block. We assume that all sources cut the time interval [ti , ti + ∆]
∆ fixed length. In each of these time intervals, each source generates at most one packet. All
packets generated by different sources in the same time interval [ti , ti + ∆] are the set of information
packets of the fifth block (code word). While some sources do not generate packets in this time
interval, the packet of information from this source is considered invalid.
Level flow, it should be noted that the fact that the sources generate at most one packet per time
interval imposes a constraint on the rate and degree of variability of the flow. Indeed, with this
constraint, the maximum flow is ρ = L / ∆ .

5.2. Classical strategy
This strategy is based on the classical definition of the network coding. Let us consider an
intermediate node with n input Flows and one output Flow (see Figure 4).
We consider that for each generation i, a deadline of the arrival time of Pi is known. , the linear
combination corresponding to a generation i is done as soon as, for all the input flows, at least
one of the following points is verified:

•

All the packets of the generation are in the buffers.

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•
Some packets of the generation i are not in the buffers and the deadline of the arrival time
of the generation i is exceeded or their corresponding packet of the generation i +1is in the buffer.

Figure 4: Node with n input stream

The last point indicates that the corresponding ﬂow does not contain a packet of the generation i.
In this case, the linear combination is only done with the packets of the generation i present in the
node. Algebraically, this is equivalent to replacing the missing packets by packets full of zeros.

5.3. Fast forwarding strategy at the intermediate nodes
The system was designed to work with a given number of flows and is optimal when all the flows
are active.
When some of the flows are idle, the others flows wait them in the coding nodes and
consequently, their end-to-end delays are increased. The improvements we propose allow
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avoiding this problem by authorizing the packets to leave the coding node even if the whole
generation is not arrived. This strategy is called fast forwarding.
Let us consider an intermediate node with n input flows and one output flow (see Figure 5) with
the network hypotheses precedents.
Suppose that a packet of a given generation X arrives at the coding node n + 1 at time t. The fast
forwarding strategy of this coding node is the following:
If the buffer is empty, the packet is multiplied by the finite field coefficient determined by the
network code and is transmitted over the output link (if this link is not used by another packet
transmission started before time t
t).
If the buffer is not empty:
•
If there is not a packet of the generation X in the buffer, the packet is multiplied by its
corresponding finite field coefficient and added at the end of the buffer. For example, on Figure 5,
the packet P31 arriving from node N1 is added at the end of the buffer.
•
If there is a packet of the generation X in the buffer, the arriving packet is multiplied by
its corresponding finite field coefficient and is directly summed to the packet of the generation in
the buffer. For example, on Figure 5, the packet P52 arriving from node N2 is summed to the
packet P51 already present in the buffer.
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Figure 5. Fast forwarding strategy

Note that, this strategy could lead to generation desequencing (like in the Figure 5).
To estimate the end-to-end delays and the buffer size, we must determine the maximum delay
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suffered by a packet in an intermediate node. From the strategy described previously, it can be
deduced that a packet must wait at most the time needed to transmit the maximal number of
different generations which can be found simultaneously in the intermediate node (when the
packet arrives at the node). The arrival time at each intermediate node and the intergeneration
times are used to calculate this number

6. APPLICATION
6.1. Case study of end to-end delay bounds
end
In this section we apply the network calculus formulation to the derivation of end-to-end delay
end
bounds.
The main goal is to illustrate the derivation of the bounds in two different scenarios depending on
two different types of statistical independence assumptions.
In our case study, we propose a network of real application with multiple levels of coding/
multiplexing. Concretely, we consider the tandem network with cross traffic from Figure 6. A
through flow traverses five nodes and each node is also transited by a cross flow; the notation for
the flows is as in the figure 6. Each node has capacity C and serves the packets in a static
.
static-priority
(SP) manner giving the cross flow's packets higher priorities.
highe
Let us consider the network presented in Figure 6. In this case, sources 1,2 and source 3 multicast
the flows F1, F2 and F3 towards two receivers R1 and R2 which are the center of broadcasting
TV / FM. This network contains three levels of coding / multiplexing. Each level of coding /
multiplexing has an impact on the time maximum end-to-end. The results illustrate the advantage
end end.
of coding strategies in networks that contain multiple streams flow and several important levels of
packet processing.
The following figure 6 shows a real part us and practice in the region in which apply us the work
of his paper. We will present the results directly on the maximum period of end
end-to-end. The
results can be calculated as follows:
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F1, F2 and F3 are constrained by the same affine arrival curve α ρ ,σ ( t ) .
strained

•

Figure 6 - Network real with multiple levels of coding / multiplexing.

•
All links have capacity C except the input links of the receivers which have capacity Cout.
It must be noted that under these hypotheses, network coding does not improve the throughput
L

compared to the multiplexing approach. We have σ = 2 packets and ρ = C ≤ C .
•
All links ei,j have also the same service delay Ti,j=T. Therefore each link ei,j provides a
service delay of a packet of L bits is known and equal to L /C+ T = ω + T.
•
We also assume that each node in the routing / multiplexing Nk offers a service curve
βC, τ ( t ) or βC , τ ( t ) where τ K is the delay of service offered to the total flow.
k

•

out k

Similarly, each intermediate node Nk offers a service curve βC ,TBk +Tlc +τ k (t ) = C (t + TBK −τ k )

or β Cout ,TBk +Tlc +τ k (t ) = Cout (t + TBK −τ k )
Where TBK is the maximum time, spent by a packet in the buffers while waiting for corresponding
,
packets of others flows , Tlc denotes the maximum time needed to achieve a linear combination of
packets and τ K is the service delay to transmit a packet.
With the conditions described previously, the worst case delay for multiplexing and coding cases
is obtained on the paths crossing the maximum of nodes, i.e. for paths crossing five nodes witch
are the same property, we can choose one of them and study its worst case delay. We choose the
worst
path from Source 1 to R2 which cross nodes (stations) S1, S2.S3, S4 (Rural areas) and S5 (Urban
area).
Each source transmits in multicast packets to all receivers. The sources share the same clock, but
they do not produce their packets simultaneously. The length of a block, ∆ , varies from 10ms to
ir
50ms. Thus, the flow rates vary from 20 to 100pps (packets per second).
All links in the network have the same capacitance C, which is equal to 200pps and the delay
experienced by a packet on a link ei , j is comprised between L / C and L / C + Ti , j .
The Value Ti j, corresponding to the transmission time of a packet on a link is randomly following
a uniform distribution in the interval [0, 10] ms.
ms
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All nodes in the network have the same service time τ which follows a uniform distribution in the
interval [0, 15]. This period is on average equal to 7.5 ms.
Tlc refers to the maximum time required to achieve to achieve a linear combination of packets, is
considered very small and negligible with respect to other.
The numerical values are taken as following:
Table 2: Notation and value

Parameter
T
τ
∆
w
C
Cout
Tlc
L

Value
10ms
15ms
10ms
5
200pps
200pps
0
1000 bit

6.2.EED Measurement in different values of Throughput (pps) of incoming flow
Network.
The aim of this experiment is to measure the EED of the Radio modem &router as a function of
the incoming flow to gain a sense as how does the incoming flow affect the EED.
In our practical application, the topology showed in Fig. 6 is well-respected. Radio modem
&Router units module configured as a source S1 sends packets to destination R2.
Various EED measurements areeffectuated, in comparison to different values of the throughput
(pps) of incoming flow Network. Therefore, to avoid reception overcharge with the SCADA
communication protocol, we used a lower value of throughput of incoming flow Network up to
65 pps, in this case the shape of measurements EED curve is shown as a function of throughput of
incoming flow.
We will broach two strategies measurements:Classical strategy (CS)and Fast Forwarding Strategy
(FFS).
6.2.1. Theoretical study of (CS)
To determine the maximum worst case response from end to end delay using the techniques of
Network Calculus [18].With the conditions described previously, the worst case delay for
multiplexing and coding cases is obtained on the paths crossing the maximum of nodes, i.e. for
paths crossing 5 nodes.
We choose the path from Source 1 to R2 which cross nodes (stations) S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5.
In the multiplexing strategy (classical strategy), the maximum delay of flow F1 at the output of
multiplexer of the station S1 can be obtained by simplyapplying the formula given in previous
sections. In the general, classical, coding strategy, with the results of the maximum delays given
by equation in [16] ( versus of the incoming flows in the network) of the (CS) ,calculated on
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the path from Source 1 to R2 that passes through nodes S1,S2,S3,S4 and S5 (path marked in red in
Figure 6) ,are shown in Figures 7.
Maximum Delay end to end : CS
250
theory CS

End to End Delay (ms)

240

230

220

210

200

190
20

25

30

35
40
45
50
Throughput (pps) of incoming flows

55

60

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Figure 7: Maximum Delay end to End (of CS) to end versus throughput of incoming flows of the network.

We see that end-to-end delay increases significantly versus of incoming flows of our network
scheme.
6.2.2. Practical study of (CS)
6.2.2.1. First method practice more calculating.
Before all was discussed in advance the preliminary study to describe each site TV/FM in the
region includes:
- Geographical coordinates.
- Possibility of visibility between sites.
- Broadcast and reception frequencies.
From the parameters aforementioned and through the software package CHIRplus_BC the useful
information can be draw such as the distances and shows the possibility of direct visits (in LOS
from the sites) between the broadcasting TV/FM stations telemetered see Figure 8.
CHIRplus can be used by operators as well as by regulators to analyze existing networks, plan
new frequencies, or perform the necessary coordination calculations according to international
agreements.Maximum Distance is calculated by CHIRplus show Figure 8

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Figure 8. Maximum Distance in LOS between two stations in our case study

Consider there is N=5 nodes (stations) between the Source1 and the Destination see figure
6.Therefore, each packet transmitted between source (S1) and destination (R2) must traverse more
(five) communication links in order to reach the final destination.
The end-to -end delay is actually derived from the nodal delay, i.e., the delay at the single router.
The end-to-end delay for N nodes between the Source Host and the Destination Host is as
follows, Dend −end = N ( D proc + Dtrans + D prop + Dqueue ) (1)
Where,
Table 3. Parameters and notation

Parameters Notation
End-to-End delay
Dend −end
N
N is the number of nodes between the sender and the receiver.
D proc
Processing delay at each Router
Transmission delay
Dtrans
D prop
Propagation Delay
Dqueue
The Average Queue delay
Let the value of Dend-end denotes packet-delay (we sometime refer it as link delay) that is
associated with each direct communication link. Therefore, each transmitted packet will typically
experience a delay of Dend-end on a particular link. The delay includes transmission, processing,
and average queue [22] and propagation delays such as (1).
In connection less communication such as IP network, there might be multiple routes exist
between a pair of source and destination. As a result, each packet might follow a different route in
order to reach the final destination where each route requires traversing of one or more
communication links (6 links) see figure 6. A single route between a pair of source and
destination can be defined as: link eS1 , R2 .
The transmission delay between source S1 and destination R2 is,
N

DTrans =

L

∑ Dtran, i = ∑ Rii
i =0

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Where,
Ri= Rate is transmission rate of router i (bits/sec).
Li= Packet Size of router i.
The propagation delay between two routers generally ranges from 2*108 m/sec
m/sec.

to 3*108

That is the Propagation Delay,
N

DPr op =

∑
i =0

N

D prop , i =

d

∑ sii
i =0

Where,
d= distance between two routers
s= propagation speed of the link
We note that D proc and Dqueue [22] are taken in our application as delays in the worst case.
The measurements and calculations have resulted to (Figure 9):
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First Practice CS

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Figure 9. Maximum Delay end to end: Comparison between theory of (CS) and measurement Practice more
calculation of (CS).

We conclude that the both measurement results (first method) and theory results are almost the
same.
6.2.2.2. Second method practice
The hardware system including computer software used is:
PowerStudio SCADA Software: PowerStudio SCADA, in conjunction with CIRCUTOR
equipment and systems, adapts to particular needs by providing tools for the supervision and
control of the installations of the equipment’s of broadcasting.
Five radio modem &routers function Works in Narrowband (out power 10 watts) which
are characterized by the SNMP management that will support the base MIB (Management
Information Base) SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Protocol through the MIB
browser.
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- Radio modem &Router use the same band VHF /UHF (band IV and V), VHF/UHF bands 350
MHz this band is somewhere between 160 and 450 MHz. reserved to broadcasters have highly
favorable propagation characteristics. Penetrating through foliage and structures, they reach
far and wide distance more than Wimax [23, 24].
- We can use the omnidirectional antenna KA160.3 which is designed for base radio stations
working in bands of 158-174 MHz The antenna ,used in our application, has an Omnidirectional radiation pattern with the gain of 3 dB and is adapted for the top-mounting. The
antenna is broadband and that is why it is well-chosen for duplex operations.
- We can include in each Router unit CAP (Chip Authentication Protocol) for More Secure
Authentication.
- R&S®FSQ Signal Analyzer (Figure 10) : that is capable of supported technology application
applied in this paper (to perform the necessary measurements of the signals, receipts and
issued, of each node).

Figure 10.R&S®FSQ Signal Analyzer (Left) and RipEX Radio modem &Router.

We can use the same antenna system that is already used by the broadcast DTT system.
We will use the free channels abandoned by analog television.
- The values received at the level of each site vary between 38 and 70 dBµV what is
- recommended to plug user for correct operation of household appliances for the bands IV and
V.
The units Source1, S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 are all of the same type Routers are all identical with
regards to hardware and software configuration.
We are in the condition is a condition where a signal travels over the air directly from a wireless
transmitter to a wireless receiver without passing an obstruction Line-of-sight (LOS), because in
LOS environment, signal can reach longer distance with better signal strength and higher
throughput.
It can also measure the EED; packets are sent from the source to the destination using the ping
utility, over different route lengths and beaconing intervals. The EED is taken as one-half the
RTT(Round trip time) using the sameRTT [25] path round-trip (see Figure 1and 6) to minimize
the difference between a request for data and the complete return or display of that data.
Thus the measurement results (second method) compared with last results are given in fig 12:

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250
Sim CS
First Practice CS
Second Practice CS

240


230

220

210

200

190

180
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25

30

35
40
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60

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Figure 11: 'Maximum Delay end to end: Network with multiple levels of encoding / multiplexing.

We conclude that the both measurement results (first, second method) and theory results of CS
are almost the same.
6.2.3

FFS: Fast Forwarding Strategy

The maximum delays of FFS given by equation in [16] ,calculated on the path from S1 to R2
that passes through nodes S1,S2,S3,S4 and S51 (path marked in red in Figure 6) ,are shown in
Figures 12.
Maximum Delay end to end : FFS
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25

30

35
40
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Figure 12: Maximum Delay end to end of FFS: Network with multiple levels of coding / multiplexing.

The theoretical and the practical comparison between (CS) and (FFS) show us:

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Maximum End to End Delay : CS and FFS
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Sim CS
First Practice CS
Second Practice CS
Sim FFS


240

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Figure 13:Maximum Delay end to end: Network with multiple levels of encoding/ multiplexing

6.3. EED Measurement in different values of total Network capacity.
We measured the EED performance of the Routers in output network;we compare the results
EEDmeasurements of two strategies CS and FFS versus total network capacity. Network
topology in Fig. 6 is considered where the packets transmitted from the Source 1 to R2 using five
(Radio modem & Router).
Data throughput measurements were carried by means Ethernet interface ETH TCP/IP (between
device and Router). The results of FFS theory is given by equation in [16].
The network coding with FFS shows an improvement delay, approximately 230(ms) until 300
(ms), versus total network capacity packet per second (pps) which varies between 20 and 65
(pps), see figure 14.
550
500


450
400
350
Practice CS
Sim FFS

300
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150
20

25

30

35
40
45
50
Total network capacity (pps)

55

60

65

Figure 14: Maximum Delay end to end versus total network capacity (pps)): Network with multiple levels
of encoding / multiplexing.

Network coding using FFS improves (decrease) well the end to end delays, when the total
network capacity (pps) increases, see figure 14.
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Note: It is interesting to note that The use of a discrete-event network simulator ‘ns-3 ‘and of ‘JiST’ ,that
runs over a standard Java virtual machine, given the almost same results as the practical and theoretical
study.

6.4.

Discussion

The comparison of the worst case delays of the two coding strategies directly shows that fast
forwarding strategy obtains better end-to-end delay bounds than general coding strategy.
The end-to-end delay bound obtained with fast forwarding strategy is better than with
multiplexing strategy if and only if:
The conclusion of this comparison depends on the relationships between the different parameters.
Unsurprisingly, the performance of network coding strongly depends on the value of Tlc, which is
the delay due to a combination of two packets.
For a fixed Tlc, the interest of network coding grows when the parameters τ and T are increased.
These parameters are respectively the service delay of a node and the transmission delay on a
link. Note the coefficient of T is strictly greater than 0 because the time needed to send a packet
(L/C) is necessarily lower than ∆ which is the duration of a generation range. It can also be
observed (with the parameter σ) that the more the traffic is bursty, the more network coding is
better.
The fast forwarding strategy gets the same gains in terms of average delay. This strategy can be
used in all networks where the code is fixed.

7. CONCLUSIONS
This paper has presented two network coding strategies for networks providing QoS guarantees.
These two strategies are evaluated in terms of maximum delays for a packet to be treated by a
node. To reach the final results we have presented the relationship between different parameters
(such as coding delay, transmission delay, throughput, burstiness, generation duration, . . . ) in
order to determine in which conditions the network coding allows to decrease end-to-end delays
guarantees.
The theoretical and the practical comparison between End to End Delay ms of CS and FFS versus
throughput of the incoming flows of packet (packet per second) (pps), show as Fig 13.
The figure 14 shows the theoretical and the practical comparison between End to End Delays
(ms) of CS and FFS versus total network capacity.
The Comparisons of the maximum delay of two strategies, either at a node or at a network show
that the fast forwarding strategy FFS usually offers Delay End-to-End better than those offered by
the classical strategy CS.
The future work consists to introduce new techniques and news methods for broadcast network in
order that the routers send the signal over the same frequency channel,single-frequency network
or SFN.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank to the direction of the broadcasting of SNRT for we implement provision
central laboratory measuring devices.The authors would like to thank the reviewers for their
valuable comments.
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Authors:
El Miloud Ar reyouchi holds an Engineer degree specialized in Telecommunication from
INPT institute national of telecommunication RABAT Morocco , MS in industrial computer
and his CPD / DEA degree in automatic and industrial computer from E.T.S computer
engineering , Department Computer Science and Control ,Madrid Spain, and his PhD student
in Telecommunication and Computer Engineering from Faculty of Sciences , Abdelmalek
Essaadi University Tetouan Morrocco. Her research interest include telecommunication, broadcasting
TV/FM, engineering automatic systems, mobile wireless network, antennas& propagation, and is currently
Regional Manager of the centers of the broadcast TV / radio FM of SNRT (society national of Radio
Television) AL Hoceima in northern Morocco
Kamal Ghoumid received his PhD degree from the ’Institut TELECOM, TELECOM SudParis’, Evry, France, and ’Institute FEMTO-ST’ of the Franche-Comté University (Besaçon,
France), in 2008.He previously graduated as a specializing Master in ’Technics of
Radiocommunications’, also got his Master ’Communication Systems’ of Paris-Est University
(Paris, France). He has worked as postdoctoral researcher at Jean Lamour Institute of Henri
Poincaré University (Nancy, France), during 2008-2009, and at the Institut FEMTO-ST of the FrancheComté University, Besançon. Currently, he is a Ass. Professor in National school of applied sciences
(ENSAO) in the Mohammed Premier University of Oujda (Morocco). His research interests are mainly in
Signal processing and integrated optic components in the field of telecommunications, Wireless and Optical
Networks, Radio over Fiber, he has also the experience in research areas of digital communications.

Koutaiba Ameziane received the PhD degree in Atomics Physics from the Claude Bernard
University ,Lyon France in 1990, as an Full Professor. His research interests are
Spectroscopy Atomic and Molecular, Telecommunication and Physics of Matter.

Otman El Mrabet received the PhD degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from the
Faculty of Sciences, University of Abdelmalek Essaadi Morocco, in 2004. In June2009, he
joined the Electronics and Microwave Group, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi
University, as an assistant Professor. From March to October, 2005, he was with the Rennes
Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, France, as a Visiting Researcher. From
September 2007 to August 2009, he was with the Millimeter Wave Laboratory, Universidad Pública de
Navarra, Spain, as a postdoctoral researcher. His research interests are UWB antenna design, RFID Tag
antennas, Metamaterials, FSS circuits and active circuits using the finite difference time domain method
(FDTD).

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