Annotation Since the seminal work by Alhswede et al, which showed that the multicast capacity of a network can be achieved by allowing intermediate nodes to code packets instead of just forwarding or replicating them, network coding has come a long way from an information theoretic concept and has begun its transition into more practical applications and implementationsA variety of initiatives showing the potential of network coding to peer to peer systems, distributed storage, multimedia applications, and robust networking (amongst many others) have been reportedThe 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Network Coding (NetCod 2014) aims to bring together members of the network coding community from both academia and industry, and to provide a forum for an in depth coverage of the research developments and practical advances of network coding up to date
