Delay Analysis of Network Coding in Multicast Networks With Markovian Arrival Processes: A Practical Framework in Cache-Enabled Networks

We develop an analytical framework for queueing and delay analysis in the case of a number of distinct flows arriving at a network node, where asynchronous partial network coding is applied for an efficient packet transmission. In order to perfectly model and analyze the practical communication networks, the arriving flows are assumed to be general Markovian arrival processes. As a key example, we apply the proposed model to the problem of coded caching in single bottleneck caching networks. In addition, we verify the accuracy of the proposed model through simulations and real trace-driven experiments.