References & Further Reading

References

  1. M. Ji, G. Caire, and A. F. Molisch, Fundamental Limits of Caching in Wireless D2D Networks, 2016

    Foundational CommIT paper establishing $\Theta(M/N)$ per-user throughput scaling for D2D caching. Headline result of Chapter 10.

  2. P. Gupta and P. R. Kumar, The Capacity of Wireless Networks, 2000

    Classical ad-hoc scaling result $\Theta(1/\sqrt{n\log n})$. Provides the non-caching baseline against which D2D caching is compared.

  3. M. Franceschetti, M. D. Migliore, and P. Minero, The Capacity of Wireless Networks: Information-Theoretic and Physical Limits, 2009

    Refined Gupta-Kumar analysis; tightens constants. Useful pre-read for understanding ad-hoc scaling before caching.

  4. M. A. Maddah-Ali and U. Niesen, Fundamental Limits of Caching, 2014

    MAN scheme for shared-link setting. D2D analysis builds on similar concepts but with distributed transmitters.

  5. M. Ji, A. M. Tulino, J. Llorca, and G. Caire, Order-Optimal Rate of Caching and Coded Multicasting with Random Demands, 2017

    CommIT extension to random Zipf demands. Order-optimal characterization; basis for practical popularity-aware placement.

  6. N. Golrezaei, A. F. Molisch, A. G. Dimakis, and G. Caire, Femtocaching: Wireless Content Delivery through Distributed Caching Helpers, 2013

    Caire group's earlier work on femtocaching β€” precursor to the D2D framework. Hybrid infrastructure/cache architecture.

  7. M. Ji, G. Caire, and A. F. Molisch, Wireless Device-to-Device Caching Networks: Basic Principles and System Performance, 2016

    Tutorial treatment of D2D caching from the CommIT group. Accessible companion to the Trans. IT paper.

  8. A. F. Molisch, G. Caire, et al., Caching Eliminates the Wireless Bottleneck in Video Aware Wireless Networks, 2014

    Argues that caching is the crucial enabler for video at scale. Application-oriented perspective.

  9. L. Sun, J. Fu, and G. Caire, Privacy in D2D Caching Networks, 2023

    CommIT extension to D2D with privacy β€” preview of Chapter 12's D2D privacy CommIT contribution.

  10. A. El Gamal and Y.-H. Kim, Network Information Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2011

    Background on network information theory; broadcast channels; cut-set bounds used in converse arguments.

  11. A. El Gamal, J. Mammen, B. Prabhakar, and D. Shah, Throughput-Delay Trade-off in Wireless Networks, 2006

    Ad-hoc throughput-delay tradeoffs. Useful for understanding mobility effects (Exercise 10.15).

  12. K. Shanmugam, N. Golrezaei, A. G. Dimakis, A. F. Molisch, and G. Caire, FemtoCaching: Wireless Video Content Delivery through Distributed Caching Helpers, 2012

    Conference version of the femtocaching paper. Earlier, more application-focused treatment.

Further Reading

Resources for deeper study of D2D caching.

  • The foundational Ji-Caire-Molisch paper

    M. Ji, G. Caire, A. F. Molisch, 'Fundamental Limits of Caching in Wireless D2D Networks,' IEEE TIT 2016

    Required reading for anyone working on D2D coded caching. Theorem 1 is the headline result of Chapter 10.

  • Order-optimal Zipf analysis

    M. Ji, A. M. Tulino, J. Llorca, G. Caire, 'Order-Optimal Rate of Caching and Coded Multicasting with Random Demands,' IEEE TIT 2017

    Extends the JCM scaling law to non-uniform (Zipf) demand. Relevant for realistic content libraries.

  • Femtocaching context

    N. Golrezaei et al., 'Femtocaching: Wireless Content Delivery through Distributed Caching Helpers,' IEEE TIT 2013

    Caire-group precursor to D2D caching. Shows the architecture's evolution from hybrid femtocells to pure D2D.

  • Ad-hoc scaling theory

    Gupta-Kumar 2000 and Franceschetti et al. 2009

    The non-caching baseline. Essential background for understanding why the D2D + caching $\Theta(M/N)$ result is surprising.