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Conclusion
and future work
Conclusion:
qStudied the performance of code-based MAC protocols
qThe MAC scheme is topology-transparent with min.
performance
guarantee and potentially good average
performance
qHermitian codes
guarantee better minimum throughput and less
maximum and minimum delay than RS codes in large, sparse networks
qCareful selection
of codewords can drastically improve average
case performance
Future work and challenges
ahead:
q A hybrid scheme contention-based/code-based
for heterogeneous-traffic
q Problem of the distribution of unique
codes
q Implementation