@conference{10902/15096, year = {2018}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/15096}, abstract = {Multicast services are believed to play a relevant role in next wireless networking scenarios. In this paper we exploit Tunable Sparse Network Coding techniques to increase reliability of multicast communications. We show that the proposed network coding scheme yields a better performance than state-of-the-art solutions, which are traditionally based on retransmissions. We first use a model to analytically compare the two approaches. Then, we validate and broaden this analysis by means of an experimental campaign over a testbed deployed with Commercial Of-The-Shelf devices. This platform, comprising low cost devices (Raspberry-PI), allows us to assess the feasibility of the proposed solution, which offers a relevant gain in terms of performance.}, organization = {This work has been supported by the Spanish Government (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, FEDER) by means of the project ADVICE (TEC2015-71329-C2-1-R).}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc}, publisher = {IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Barcelona, 2018, 2200-2205}, title = {Improving wireless multicast communications with NC: performance assessment over a COTS platform}, author = {Garrido Ortiz, Pablo and Agüero Calvo, Ramón}, }