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1.1 Preliminaries and Notation |
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7 | (2) |
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1.2 List of Symbols and Operators |
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9 | (6) |
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11 | (4) |
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2 Submodular Information Flow Models for Multicast Communication |
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15 | (52) |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (4) |
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2.4 Polymatroid Broadcast Model |
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27 | (5) |
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2.5 Transformation of Models |
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32 | (6) |
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2.6 Generalized Cut Model |
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38 | (2) |
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2.7 Penalized Polymatroid Broadcast Model |
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40 | (2) |
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2.8 Rate Region Properties and Equivalence |
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42 | (4) |
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2.9 Cut Rate Sandwiched Multicast Source Rate Regions |
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46 | (3) |
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2.10 Extension to Per-terminal Cut Models |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (17) |
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2.11.1 Polymatroid Max-Flow Min-Cut Theorem |
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50 | (2) |
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2.11.2 Transformation of Models |
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52 | (8) |
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2.11.3 Rate Region Properties and Equivalence |
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60 | (2) |
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2.11.4 Cut Rate Sandwiched Multicast Source Rate Regions |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (3) |
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3 Network Utility Maximization via Submodular Dual Decomposition |
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67 | (38) |
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3.1 Concave Network Utility Maximization |
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69 | (2) |
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3.2 Dual Decomposition Approach for Min-Cut Rate Regions |
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71 | (4) |
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3.3 Dual Decomposition Approach for Max-Flow Regions |
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75 | (3) |
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3.4 Connections Between the Dual Decomposition Approaches |
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78 | (2) |
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3.5 Dual Decomposition Approach for Hyperarc Rate Regions |
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80 | (1) |
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3.6 Convexity and Comprehensiveness |
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81 | (5) |
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3.7 Upper Bound for Nonsubmodular Cut Rate Regions |
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86 | (2) |
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3.8 Counting Set Function Evaluations |
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88 | (5) |
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3.9 Discussion and Related Dual Decomposition Methods |
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93 | (1) |
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3.10 Extension to Per-terminal Cut Models |
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94 | (2) |
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3.11 Proofs and Appendices |
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96 | (9) |
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3.11.1 Utility Characterization of the Multicast Rate Region |
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96 | (2) |
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3.11.2 Network Utility Maximization Problem |
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98 | (1) |
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3.11.3 Dual Decomposition Approaches |
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98 | (3) |
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3.11.4 Convexity and Comprehensiveness |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (3) |
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4 Network Coding Bounds and Submodularity |
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105 | (50) |
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4.1 Discrete Memoryless Multicast Networks |
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108 | (19) |
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4.1.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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109 | (3) |
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4.1.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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112 | (8) |
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4.1.3 Elementary Hypergraph Decomposition Inner Bound |
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120 | (4) |
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4.1.4 Weighted Sum Multicast Rate Maximization |
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124 | (3) |
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4.2 Networks of Independent Broadcast Channels |
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127 | (13) |
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4.2.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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128 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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130 | (3) |
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4.2.3 Elementary Broadcast Decomposition Inner Bound |
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133 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Elementary Broadcast Decomposition for Less Noisy Channels |
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134 | (4) |
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4.2.5 Weighted Sum Multicast Rate Maximization |
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138 | (2) |
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4.3 Discrete Memoryless Networks with Known State Sequence |
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140 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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141 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (11) |
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4.4.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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144 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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145 | (3) |
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4.4.3 Networks of Independent Broadcast Channels |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (4) |
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5 Deterministic and Linear Finite Field Networks |
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155 | (20) |
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5.1 Deterministic Networks |
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157 | (3) |
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5.1.1 Bounds on the Multicast Capacity Region |
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157 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Weighted Sum Source Rate Maximization |
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158 | (2) |
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5.2 Networks of Independent Deterministic Broadcast Channels |
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160 | (2) |
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5.2.1 Broadcast Representation of the Capacity Region |
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160 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Insufficiency of the Hyperarc Model |
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161 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Weighted Sum Source Rate Maximization |
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162 | (1) |
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5.3 Noisy Linear Finite Field Networks |
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162 | (11) |
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5.3.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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164 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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166 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Tightness of Inner and Outer Bounds |
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167 | (3) |
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5.3.4 Deterministic Linear Finite Field Networks |
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170 | (1) |
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5.3.5 Weighted Sum Source Rate Maximization |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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6 Erasure Broadcast Networks |
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175 | (30) |
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6.1 Networks of Independent Erasure Broadcast Channels |
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177 | (9) |
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6.1.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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177 | (2) |
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6.1.2 Noisy Network Coding |
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179 | (6) |
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6.1.3 Tightness of Inner and Outer Bounds in Packet Networks |
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185 | (1) |
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6.2 Networks of Erasure Broadcast Channels with States |
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186 | (3) |
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6.2.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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188 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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188 | (1) |
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6.3 Weighted Sum Multicast Rate Maximization |
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189 | (8) |
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6.3.1 Characterization of the Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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190 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Perfect Erasure Quantization |
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191 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Advanced Erasure Quantization Optimization Approaches |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (3) |
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200 | (5) |
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202 | (3) |
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7 Network Coding Bounds for Gaussian Networks |
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205 | (42) |
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208 | (24) |
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7.1.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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208 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Loosening the Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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209 | (3) |
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7.1.3 Submodular Approximations of the Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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212 | (3) |
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7.1.4 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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215 | (2) |
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7.1.5 Tightness of Inner and Outer Bounds |
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217 | (6) |
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7.1.6 Asymptotic Analysis of Inner and Outer Bounds |
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223 | (3) |
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7.1.7 Weighted Sum Multicast Rate Maximization |
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226 | (6) |
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7.2 Networks of Gaussian Broadcast Channels |
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232 | (10) |
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7.2.1 Cut-Set Outer Bound |
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232 | (2) |
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7.2.2 Noisy Network Coding Inner Bound |
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234 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Elementary Broadcast Decomposition Inner Bound |
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236 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Elementary Broadcast Decomposition for Degraded Channels |
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237 | (2) |
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7.2.5 Weighted Sum Multicast Rate Maximization |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (5) |
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243 | (4) |
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8 Numerical Results for Gaussian Networks |
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247 | (32) |
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8.1 Random Networks Topology and Channel Model |
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248 | (3) |
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8.2 Sum Multicast Rate Results |
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251 | (19) |
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8.2.1 Bidirectional Communication |
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251 | (5) |
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8.2.2 Single-Source Multicast Communication |
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256 | (4) |
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8.2.3 Multiple Access Relay Networks |
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260 | (6) |
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8.2.4 Multi-source Multicast Communication |
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266 | (4) |
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8.3 Cut Rate Function Evaluation Results |
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270 | (9) |
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277 | (2) |
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