In layered communication networks there are only connections between intermediate nodes in adjacent layers. Applying network coding to such networks provides a number of benefits in theory as well as in practice. We propose a layering procedure to transform an arbitrary network into a layered structure. Furthermore, we derive a forward-backward duality for linear network codes, which can be seen as an analogon to the uplink-downlink duality in MIMO communication systems.
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