Some see in 'network coding' networking's next revolution

摘要

Some of high-tech's biggest names -Microsoft, HP and Intel among them -are starting to embrace a technology called network coding to boost the throughput, scalability and efficiency of everything from content distribution to wireless networks. Network coding, largely under wraps in university and vendor laboratories since it was proposed seven years ago by a handful of researchers, is essentially an algorithm that proponents say could more than double network throughput while improving reliability and resistance to attacks. Network coding's most ardent supporters say the technology could spark networking's next revolution, while others say it is more likely to infiltrate network architectures quietly based on existing routing schemes.