Coded caching with asymmetric cache sizes and link qualities: The two-user case
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Centralized coded caching problem is studied for the two-user scenario, considering heterogeneous cache capacities at the users and private channels from the server to the users, in addition to a shared channel. Optimal caching and delivery strategies that minimize the worst-case delivery latency are presented for an arbitrary number of files. The converse proof follows from the sufficiency of file-index-symmetric caching and delivery codes, while the achievability is obtained through memory-sharing among a number of special memory–capacity pairs. The optimal scheme is shown to exploit the private link capacities by transmitting part of the corresponding user‘s request in an uncoded fashion. When there are no private links, the results presented here improve upon the two known results in the literature, namely, i) equal cache capacities and arbitrary number of files; and ii) unequal cache capacities and two files. The results are then extended to the caching problem with heterogeneous distortion requirements.
Date Issued
2019-09
Date Acceptance
2019-05-29
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019, 67 (9), pp.6112-6126
ISSN
0090-6778
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Start Page
6112
End Page
6126
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Communications
Volume
67
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8733056
Grant Number
677854
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Telecommunications
Engineering
Coded caching
centralized caching
heterogeneous cache size
asymmetric link qualities
two-user case
CONTENT DELIVERY
BROADCAST CHANNELS
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1005 Communications Technologies
0804 Data Format
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-06-07