Research Article

Secure Data Delivery with Linear Network Coding for Multiple Multicasts with Multiple Streams in Internet of Things

Table 4

Parameters and decision variables.

Symbol Definition

The node can be selected as source of the multicast,

, in which is the number of source nodes can be selected for the multicast

The data flows passing through link , sent from source node to the destination node

The actual data flows passing through link , sent from source node

The difference between the data flows entering and leaving node , sent from source node to destination node

A sufficient large number

A decision variable, which denotes whether the source node is selected for the multicast or not